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 Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Cheshire. 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.
+The original will indexes for the [[Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)]] for 1545-1858 are available in print by both the Lancashire &amp; Cheshire Record Society and the Chetham Society. These two large publication&nbsp;series&nbsp;cover both Cheshire and&nbsp;Lancashire counties. These series are available at many major archives in the United Kingdom such as at the British Library, and Guildhall Library, London, and other like institutions. The Family History Library likewise has most of these printed indexes in book form and/or on microfilm (see below).
-*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)].
+Original handwritten indexes and calendars to the Probate Acts of Wills and Administrations (Admons) exist from 1492-1857, were created&nbsp;as&nbsp;the probate records were filed, and found with the records (see below).
+Calendars are a kind of index (arranged by the first letter of each surname) to the probate records and admons (administrations).
+The [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHL/frameset_library.asp Family History Library] has copies of Cheshire probate records, indexes and calendars&nbsp;for&nbsp;1492-1858.&nbsp;Microfilmed&nbsp;copies may be circulated to any of its 4,500&nbsp;satellite [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp family history centers] worldwide. To determine film numbers,&nbsp;go to 'Cheshire - Probate Records' and 'Cheshire - Probate Records&nbsp;- Indexes' in the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog].
+In particular, see:
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=821001&disp=Original+wills%2C+bonds%2C+and+inventori%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Original wills, bonds, and inventories for Chester only, 1492-1858]
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