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| Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Suffolk. Search these indexes first: | | Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Suffolk. Search these indexes first: |
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| *[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/SussexFHGprobate.shtml http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/SussexFHGprobate.shtml] -- compiled by the Sussex Family History Group which has transcribed the names of 12,300 individuals found in Sussex wills, including testators, executors, beneficiaries or witnesses. The information recorded includes name, date and place.
| | == Probate Indexes Online == |
| *The [http://sussexrecordsociety.org/home2.asp?an=&ap= Sussex Record Society] has published four volumes of indexes to Sussex wills, and these can be viewed on their [http://sussexrecordsociety.org/bwills1.asp?an=&ap= website]. They are arranged by parish then by surname.
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| *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858)].
| | Before looking for a will, search an index. Try findmypast.co.uk for this index [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/other-records-collection-search-start.action?event=O Suffolk Probate Indexes 1847-1857]. The same was at familyhistory online.net as follows: [http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/SFKProbate.shtml Suffolk Probate Indexes 1847-1857]. The Testator index records 1,124 wills and the people who made them. The Beneficiary index records 10,698 people, or other entities, who will benefit from those wills. The wills were proved during the years 1847-1857, that is the decade before the civil courts took over the probate of wills from the ecclesiastical courts in 1858. |
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| | The following indexes to probate records are available on [http://www.ancestry.com www.ancestry.com] under the category of "England Court, Land, Wills & Financial". |
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| | *Ipswich Probate Inventories, 1583-1631 |
| | *Sudbury Archdeaconry Wills, 1439-1638 |
| | *Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1439-1461 |
| | *Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1620-1624 |
| | *Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1625-1626 |
| Did you find a reference to a probate record? | | Did you find a reference to a probate record? |
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| The following indexes to probate records are available on [http://www.ancestry.com www.ancestry.com] under the category of "England Court, Land, Wills & Financial".
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| *Sudbury Archdeaconry Wills, 1439-1638
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| *Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1439-1461
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| *Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1620-1624
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| *Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1625-1626
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| [[Category:Suffolk]] | | [[Category:Suffolk]] |