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=== 1858 to the Present ===

Beginning in 1858, the [[Principal Probate Registry]] had the authority for probating estates. Click on the link to learn more.

==== Online Records ====

* '''1858-1957''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2451051 England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957] at FamilySearch - [[England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images

* '''1858-1995''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1904 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995] at Ancestry($); index

* '''1858-2019''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/england-and-wales-government-probate-death-index-1858-2019 England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019] at Findmypast($); index

Before 1858, Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process. To search for a pre-1858 probate record in Derbyshire, follow these steps:  

==== Step 1. Search indexes ====

===== Online Indexes  =====

 

 

 

*'''1521-1860''' {{RecordSearch|3491898|England, Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield and Coventry Wills and Probate, 1521-1860}} at FamilySearch — [[England, Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield and Coventry Wills and Probate - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; indexes & images; ''Also at [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/staffordshire-dioceses-of-lichfield-and-coventry-wills-and-probate-1521-1860 Findmypast] ($)''

 

 

*'''1516-1652''' - A scanned edition of W.P.W. Phillimore's 1892 publication by the British Record Society, ''Calendars of Wills & Administrations in the Consistory court of the bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 1516-1652, ''is available on [http://books.google.com/books?id=4zYEAAAAIAAJ Google Books]. The publication also includes indexes to probate records of the peculiar courts for Derbyshire, 1753-1790.

*'''1650-1700''' [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/lichfield-consistory-court-wills-1650-1700?_ga=1.116655878.104314983.1415224096 Lichfield Consistory Court Wills, 1650-1700] at Findmypast (£).

 

*'''1650-1730''' - An index for wills and administrations 1650-1730 for the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry covering 23000 plus probate documents can be found at [https://www.staffsnameindexes.org.uk/default.aspx?Index=C Staffordshire Name Indexes - free]

 

 

 

 

*'''1525-1928''' [http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/WILLS.htm Derbyshire WILLS, 1525-1928] (browse 35,066 Wills and 5,093 different surnames; pertaining to much more than just people from the parish of Wirksworth).

*'''1516-1652''' - A scanned edition of W.P.W. Phillimore's 1892 publication by the British Record Society, ''Calendars of Wills & Administrations in the Consistory court of the bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 1516-1652, ''is available on [http://books.google.com/books?id=4zYEAAAAIAAJ Google Books]. The publication also includes indexes to probate records of the peculiar courts for Derbyshire, 1753-1790.

Early Derbyshire wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury have been thoroughly abstracted and indexed:

*''Derbyshire Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury'' [1393-1601], 2 vols. {{FSC|827317|item|disp=FS Library Books 942.51 H25de v. 26 and 942.51 H25de v. 31}}

==== Step 2. Identify when and where your ancestor died  ====

Determine ''when'' your ancestor died. If you aren't sure, use an approximate date.  

Once you identified a parish, go to Step 3.  

==== Step 3. Identify court jurisdictions by parish ====

Once you have identified the parish where your ancestor lived or died, learn which courts had jurisdiction over it. Every town and parish in Derbyshire was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and one or more secondary courts. Most of the county of Derbyshire was under the primary jurisdiction of the [[Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory)|Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory)]] and the secondary jurisdiction of the [[Prerogative Court of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]]. <br>

However there were exceptions. Click [[Derbyshire Probate Jurisdictions|<u>here</u>]] for an alphabetical list of the parishes of Derbyshire that were exceptions. If you do not find your place in the list of exceptions, then search the records of the above courts by clicking on the name of the court either in the paragraph above or the section below where the court is mentioned.  Follow the steps given on the page for the court to find a will that was probated in that court. 

==== Step 4. Obtain a copy of the probate record  ====

*{{FSC|England, Derbyshire - Probate records|subject|subject-id=1164289146|disp=Derbyshire England Probate Records}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - some images may only be available at a [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Center or FamilySearch Affiliate Library.]<br>

*Visit or contact the record office that has the original records in its collection.

== Derbyshire Probate Courts  ==

Here is a list of the courts that had probate jurisdiction over Derbyshire before 1858. For more information, click on a court name.  

*[[Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory)]]

*[[Court of the Peculiar of Sawley]]  

*[[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]

 

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