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 Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Hertfordshire. Search these indexes first:
-*[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/SussexFHGprobate.shtml http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/SussexFHGprobate.shtml]&nbsp;-- 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.&nbsp;The information recorded includes name, date&nbsp;and place.
+Before looking for a will, you should search an index.
-*The [http://sussexrecordsociety.org/home2.asp?an=&ap= Sussex Record Society] has&nbsp;published four volumes of indexes to Sussex wills, and these&nbsp;can be viewed on&nbsp;their [http://sussexrecordsociety.org/bwills1.asp?an=&ap= website]. They are arranged by parish then by surname.&nbsp;
-*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858)].
-Did you find a reference to a probate record?
+County-wide general will indexes exist for Hertford&nbsp;County, but there are none&nbsp;available online indexes at this time.
+Printed indexes to wills at the Hertfordshire Record Office:
+*The Hertford Record Office hold manuscript indexes and calendars of probate records. Contact their office for further details regarding their collections
+*Beryl Crawley and Cliff Webb, ed. ''Wills at&nbsp;Hertford. ''London 2007, the British Record Society. (FHL&nbsp;book 942 B4b vol. 120. The Hertford County Record Office wills indexing project under the auspices of the above authors on behalf of the Index Library&nbsp;compiled by far the most comprehensive wills index for Hertfordshire; available at the [http://www.britishrecordsociety.org/ British&nbsp;Record Society website].
+Printed indexes to Hertfordshire wills (a few)&nbsp;held in&nbsp;the Essex County Record Office:
+*&nbsp;Emmison, F. G., ed.&nbsp; ''[Index to] Wills at Chelmsford''. London: s.n., 1961, the British Record Society.&nbsp;(FHL book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=247479&disp=Wills+at+Chelmsford+%28Essex+and+East+He%20%20&columns=*,0,0 942 B4b] vols. 78, 79&nbsp;and 84; also on microfilms 0962739 and 0962740, and on microfiche 6073796, 6073797, and 6073802.)
+Other printed indexes may be&nbsp;found listed on the court pages.&nbsp;'''Click on the court name links above.''' Did you find a reference to a probate record?
 *If ''yes'', go to '''Step 4''' below.