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Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Berkshire. Search these indexes first:  
Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Berkshire. Search these indexes first:  


*[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. 
 
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858)].
Before looking for a will, you should search an index.
 
*[http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/heritage/index.php Berkshire wills in Wiltshire] This index is in Wiltshire, but has over 11,000 probate records in this online court index! Please use it!
 
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/BRKwills/ Hungerford and&nbsp; Wantage].&nbsp; This is a collection of about 1000 abstracts of probate documents relating to people residing in the neighbourhood of the towns of Hungerford and Wantage in Berkshire. Since Hungerford is on the County boundary there is some spread into Wiltshire and to a lesser extent into Hampshire and Oxfordshire.<br>
 
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1 Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858)]. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1]
 
== Probate Indexes  ==
 
Court of the Archdeacon of Berkshire (Episcopal Consistory Court) An index to the surnames, other than those of testators ... occurring in the registered wills of the Archdeaconry of Berks ...&nbsp;: registers A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I &amp; 19 and parts of register J (pp. 1-578) &amp; register M (pp. 1-245), ca. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=392490&disp=An+index+to+the+surnames%2C+other+than+t%20%20&columns=*,0,0 A.D. 1480-1710]
 
Index to wills proved and administrations granted in the Court of the Archdeacon of Berks, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=208103&disp=Index+to+wills+proved+and+administration%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1508 to 1652]
 
Archdeaconry of Berkshire. Court Index of Wills and administrations, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=278280&disp=Wills+and+administrations%2C+1508%2D1857%20%20&columns=*,0,01508-1857] Wills, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=200522&disp=Wills%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1525-1857] Archdeacon of Berkshire
 
Index to wills proved and administrations granted in the court of the Archdeacon of Berks, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=208328&disp=Index+to+wills+proved+and+administration%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1508 to 1652]
 
Index of the probate records of the Court of the Archdeacon of Berkshire&nbsp;: [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=341898&disp=Index+of+the+probate+records+of+the+Cour%20%20&columns=*,0,0 volume 2, 1653-1710]  
 
Registers of grants of admonitions, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=708256&disp=Registers+of+grants+of+admonitions%2C+15%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1547-1857] Some of these films include indexes
 
Will index 1508-1653 for the parishes of Appleford and Sutton in Berkshire FHL Film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=593525&disp=Parish+register+transcripts%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1278815 Item 5]
 
Will index 1508-1652 for the parish of Drayton in Berkshire FHL Film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=593677&disp=Parish+register+transcripts%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1278815 Item 8]
 
[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=291460&disp=Wills+and+administrations%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Peculiar Court (Faringdon, Berkshire)] The jurisdiction of this court included the parish of Faringdon which included Little Coxwell, Littleworth, Thrupp, Kindell Weare, Wadley, Port, Puckety, Westbrooke and Little Wickensham. This court is a Salisbury Prebend.  


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The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court.  
The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court.  
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== Probate Indexes Online  ==
Before looking for a will, you should search an index.
*[http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/heritage/index.php Berkshire wills in Wiltshire] This index is in Wiltshire, but has over 11,000 probate records in this online court index! Please use it!
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/BRKwills/ Hungerford and&nbsp; Wantage].&nbsp; This is a collection of about 1000 abstracts of probate documents relating to people residing in the neighbourhood of the towns of Hungerford and Wantage in Berkshire. Since Hungerford is on the County boundary there is some spread into Wiltshire and to a lesser extent into Hampshire and Oxfordshire.<br>
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1 Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858)]. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1]
== Probate Indexes  ==
Court of the Archdeacon of Berkshire (Episcopal Consistory Court) An index to the surnames, other than those of testators ... occurring in the registered wills of the Archdeaconry of Berks ...&nbsp;: registers A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I &amp; 19 and parts of register J (pp. 1-578) &amp; register M (pp. 1-245), ca. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=392490&disp=An+index+to+the+surnames%2C+other+than+t%20%20&columns=*,0,0 A.D. 1480-1710]
Index to wills proved and administrations granted in the Court of the Archdeacon of Berks, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=208103&disp=Index+to+wills+proved+and+administration%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1508 to 1652]
Archdeaconry of Berkshire. Court Index of Wills and administrations, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=278280&disp=Wills+and+administrations%2C+1508%2D1857%20%20&columns=*,0,01508-1857] Wills, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=200522&disp=Wills%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1525-1857] Archdeacon of Berkshire
Index to wills proved and administrations granted in the court of the Archdeacon of Berks, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=208328&disp=Index+to+wills+proved+and+administration%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1508 to 1652]
Index of the probate records of the Court of the Archdeacon of Berkshire&nbsp;: [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=341898&disp=Index+of+the+probate+records+of+the+Cour%20%20&columns=*,0,0 volume 2, 1653-1710]
Registers of grants of admonitions, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=708256&disp=Registers+of+grants+of+admonitions%2C+15%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1547-1857] Some of these films include indexes
Will index 1508-1653 for the parishes of Appleford and Sutton in Berkshire FHL Film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=593525&disp=Parish+register+transcripts%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1278815 Item 5]
Will index 1508-1652 for the parish of Drayton in Berkshire FHL Film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=593677&disp=Parish+register+transcripts%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1278815 Item 8]
[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=291460&disp=Wills+and+administrations%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Peculiar Court (Faringdon, Berkshire)] The jurisdiction of this court included the parish of Faringdon which included Little Coxwell, Littleworth, Thrupp, Kindell Weare, Wadley, Port, Puckety, Westbrooke and Little Wickensham. This court is a Salisbury Prebend.


== Some Explanatory Notes on the Berkshire Probate Courts  ==
== Some Explanatory Notes on the Berkshire Probate Courts  ==
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From the website of the Oxfordshire Record Office:&nbsp; "Negotiations are at an advanced stage with the Genealogical Society of Utah to digitize all the Oxfordshire Probate Records, 1516-1857.&nbsp; It is hoped that this will be a joint project with Berkshire Record Office and the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies to digitize all the wills of the three counties. &nbsp;If successful, the project will involve images of all the wills, inventories, and related documents being placed on a commercial provider’s site, with indexes available through the Record Office sites, and accessed on a pay-per-view basis. Digitization is expected to take place in 2010."  
From the website of the Oxfordshire Record Office:&nbsp; "Negotiations are at an advanced stage with the Genealogical Society of Utah to digitize all the Oxfordshire Probate Records, 1516-1857.&nbsp; It is hoped that this will be a joint project with Berkshire Record Office and the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies to digitize all the wills of the three counties. &nbsp;If successful, the project will involve images of all the wills, inventories, and related documents being placed on a commercial provider’s site, with indexes available through the Record Office sites, and accessed on a pay-per-view basis. Digitization is expected to take place in 2010."  


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