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Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Worcestershire. Search these indexes first:  
There are currently no known online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Worcestershire, with the exception of:  


*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=28550&cj=1&o_xid=0001029688&o_lid=0001029688 Calendar of wills and administrations in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester] (available through Ancestry.com for a subscription fee. If you do not have a subscription, check to see if a library near you does.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]
These records can cover just one parish or many parishes, covering pre-1858 probate records.&nbsp; The following is an index to these Worcestershire Peculiar Probate Court records.&nbsp; <br>
*Index to Wills Proved in Peculiars 1712-1788 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=989948&subject_disp=England%2C+Worcester%2C+Fladbury+%2D+Probate+records+%2D+Indexes&columns=*,0,0] Contents: Fladbury, 1721-1775 -- Ripple, 1721-1729 -- Hanbury, 1720-1769 -- Bredon, 1717-1772 -- Tredington with Shipston (upon Stour), 1717-1788 -- Hartlebury, 1720-1784 -- Allchurch [i.e., Alvechurch], 1718-1773 -- Stratford, 1718-1773 -- Hampton, 1712-1760.
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