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Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Gloucestershire. Search these indexes first:  
Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Gloucestershire. 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.
*The Gloucestershire Archives/Record Office [http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx online index genealogical database] to all known wills proven in the county between 1541 and 1858
*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. 
*A database of [http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Leisure-Culture/records-and-archives/bristol-wills-indices-1781-1858.en Bristol Wills Indices 1781-1858] is available online.<br>
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858)].
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/ProbateRecords/LMindex.html Early Gloucestershire Probate Records ]transcribed by Leslie Mahler are available for select parishes in the Bristol and Gloucester dioceses.<br>
*[http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/heritage/index.php Wiltshire and Swindon Archive Catalogue - Wiltshire Wills] has 29 probate documents listed under Gloucestershire.
 
A Calendar of Wills Proved in the Consistory Court of The Bishop of Gloucester 1541-1660 [http://books.google.com/books?id=o_kcAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR12&dq=Gloucester+probate+index%22#v=onepage&q=Gloucester%20probate%20index%22&f=false]
 
*A Calendar of Wills Proved in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Gloucester 1660-1800 [http://books.google.com/books?id=AvocAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP13&dq=Gloucester+Probate]
 
=== Microfilm or Printed  ===
 
The Family History Library has copies of [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=434638&subject_disp=England%2C+Gloucester+-+Probate+records&columns=*,0,0 original probates] and [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=475100&subject_disp=England%2C+Gloucester+-+Probate+records+-+Indexes&columns=*,0,0 indexes] on microfilm and in print [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=206720&disp=A+calendar+of+wills+proved+in+the+consis%20%20&columns=*,0,0.]<br>


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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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== Indexes  ==
=== Internet  ===
*The Gloucestershire Archives/Record Office [http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx online index genealogical database] to all known wills proven in the county between 1541 and 1858
*A database of [http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Leisure-Culture/records-and-archives/bristol-wills-indices-1781-1858.en Bristol Wills Indices 1781-1858] is available online.<br>
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/ProbateRecords/LMindex.html Early Gloucestershire Probate Records ]transcribed by Leslie Mahler are available for select parishes in the Bristol and Gloucester dioceses.<br>
*[http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/heritage/index.php Wiltshire and Swindon Archive Catalogue - Wiltshire Wills] has 29 probate documents listed under Gloucestershire.
A Calendar of Wills Proved in the Consistory Court of The Bishop of Gloucester 1541-1660 [http://books.google.com/books?id=o_kcAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR12&dq=Gloucester+probate+index%22#v=onepage&q=Gloucester%20probate%20index%22&f=false]
*A Calendar of Wills Proved in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Gloucester 1660-1800 [http://books.google.com/books?id=AvocAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP13&dq=Gloucester+Probate]
=== Microfilm or Printed  ===
The Family History Library has copies of [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=434638&subject_disp=England%2C+Gloucester+-+Probate+records&columns=*,0,0 original probates] and [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=475100&subject_disp=England%2C+Gloucester+-+Probate+records+-+Indexes&columns=*,0,0 indexes] on microfilm and in print [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=206720&disp=A+calendar+of+wills+proved+in+the+consis%20%20&columns=*,0,0.]<br>


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