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== Indexes == | == Indexes == | ||
==== Online Indexes ==== | ==== Online Indexes ==== | ||
Online indexes are available at the following two websites:<br> | Online indexes are available at the following two websites:<br> | ||
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The West Surrey Family History Society (Cliff Webb) has produced a significant number of County Surrey wills and other probates. See their website for further [http://www.wsfhs.org/RecordSeries.htm details on their excellent publications]. | The West Surrey Family History Society (Cliff Webb) has produced a significant number of County Surrey wills and other probates. See their website for further [http://www.wsfhs.org/RecordSeries.htm details on their excellent publications]. | ||
'''Indexes Available in The Family History Library''' | '''Indexes Available in The Family History Library''' | ||
*Archdeaconry of Surrey. Court Wills and act books, Indexes 1480-1630, 1595-1750 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=6242&disp=Wills+and+act+books%2C+1480%2D1821%20%20&columns=*,0,0] | *Archdeaconry of Surrey. Court Wills and act books, Indexes 1480-1630, 1595-1750 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=6242&disp=Wills+and+act+books%2C+1480%2D1821%20%20&columns=*,0,0] | ||
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United Kingdom | United Kingdom | ||
==== Archive Records ==== | ==== Archive Records ==== | ||
The records include probate and administration act books, original wills and registered wills, as well as indexes. | The records include probate and administration act books, original wills and registered wills, as well as indexes. | ||
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Administrations (Admons) 1484-1821 | Administrations (Admons) 1484-1821 | ||
==== Family History Library Records ==== | ==== Family History Library Records ==== | ||
The Family History Library has probate records (with indexes) on microfilm, microfiche and in print. Those available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City include copies and abstracts of the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=330406&subject_disp=England%2C+Surrey+-+Probate+records&columns=*,0,0 records] for 1484-1821.<br> | The Family History Library has probate records (with indexes) on microfilm, microfiche and in print. Those available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City include copies and abstracts of the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=330406&subject_disp=England%2C+Surrey+-+Probate+records&columns=*,0,0 records] for 1484-1821.<br> | ||
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The Archdeaconry court could not grant probate administrations and these had to be taken to the Commissary Court of the Bishop of Surrey or the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury. | The Archdeaconry court could not grant probate administrations and these had to be taken to the Commissary Court of the Bishop of Surrey or the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury. | ||
== Appeals Courts == | |||
Any probate that was disputed and could not be settled by the county courts could be sent to these higher appeals courts: | |||
*[[Court of Arches]] | |||
*[[High Court of Delegates]] | |||
The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court. | |||
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== Estate Duty Records<br> == | |||
Starting in 1796, a tax or death duty was payable on estates over a certain value. Estate duty abstracts may add considerable information not found elsewhere. Estate duty indexes may help locate a will. For more information, go to [[Estate Duty Records]].<br><br> | |||
[[Category:Probate_records_in_Surrey]] [[Category:Surrey]] | [[Category:Probate_records_in_Surrey]] [[Category:Surrey]] | ||