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1. Search indexes to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail given in the index. | 1. Search indexes to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail given in the index. | ||
2. Go to | 2. Go to "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court. | ||
3. Obtain the records to search. Use one of these methods to find indexes and records. | 3. Obtain the records to search. Use one of these methods to find indexes and records. | ||
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== Indexes == | == Indexes == | ||
The Family History Library has copies of the following indexes. | ==== Online Indexes ==== | ||
==== Printed and Published Indexes ==== | |||
The Family History Library has copies of the following indexes. | |||
*''Northern Genealogist'' volume 3, 1474-1617, for surnames A-G. It includes both original and registered copy wills. Of the surnames A-G, those starting with the letters A, E and G were not available for indexing and apparently have been lost. The title page of the volume claims that the index starts in 1588; however, the registered copy wills include some from the fifteenth century | *''Northern Genealogist'' volume 3, 1474-1617, for surnames A-G. It includes both original and registered copy wills. Of the surnames A-G, those starting with the letters A, E and G were not available for indexing and apparently have been lost. The title page of the volume claims that the index starts in 1588; however, the registered copy wills include some from the fifteenth century | ||
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The original wills, 1521-1857, have not been filmed. A miscellanous collection of 208 wills and inventories for Richmond, 1442-1578, are on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=268104&disp=Wills+and+inventories+from+the+registry+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film number 994031 item 7]. . The collection was also printed in volume 26 of the ''Publications of the Surtees Society''. | The original wills, 1521-1857, have not been filmed. A miscellanous collection of 208 wills and inventories for Richmond, 1442-1578, are on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=268104&disp=Wills+and+inventories+from+the+registry+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film number 994031 item 7]. . The collection was also printed in volume 26 of the ''Publications of the Surtees Society''. | ||
'''Registered copy wills'''<br> | |||
*1474-1485, 1503, 1529-1551 on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=347769&disp=Wills+and+administrations++ film number 98914].<br> | *1474-1485, 1503, 1529-1551 on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=347769&disp=Wills+and+administrations++ film number 98914].<br> | ||
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*1792-1857 -- there are none. Consult the originals.<br> | *1792-1857 -- there are none. Consult the originals.<br> | ||
'''Act books and other registers<br>''' | |||
*1663-1664 on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=348868&disp=Wills%2C+administrations%2C+and+inventor++ film number 99953]<br> | *1663-1664 on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=348868&disp=Wills%2C+administrations%2C+and+inventor++ film number 99953]<br> | ||
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