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'''WALES - PROBATE RECORDS DIGITAL, ONLINE AND INDEXED PRE-1858''' <u>'''FOR FREE'''</u> | '''WALES - PROBATE RECORDS DIGITAL, ONLINE AND INDEXED PRE-1858''' <u>'''FOR FREE'''</u> | ||
[http://cat.llgc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gw/chameleon?skin=profeb&lng=en National Library of Wales] | [http://cat.llgc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gw/chameleon?skin=profeb&lng=en National Library of Wales] | ||
;'''WALES - PROBATE RECORDS - INDEXES''' | ;'''WALES - PROBATE RECORDS - INDEXES''' | ||
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*Testator’s given name(s) | *Testator’s given name(s) | ||
'''Estate Duty Records.''' A national index of estate duty registers makes it possible to search for a probate even when the ancestor’s residence is not known. These indexes contain the names of the testator and the executor(s) and the court which proved the will or administration. The indexes and abstracts are on film in the Family History Library. | '''Estate Duty Records.''' A national index of estate duty registers makes it possible to search for a probate even when the ancestor’s residence is not known. These indexes contain the names of the testator and the executor(s) and the court which proved the will or administration. The indexes and abstracts are on film in the Family History Library. They have been indexed 1796-1903 on [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/DeathDutyStartSearchServlet findmypast.co.uk] under the Births, marriages, and deaths tab and then under deaths and then under Index to death duty registers 1796-1903. | ||
'''Principal Probate Registry.'''From 1858, all the wills and administrations that were proved in any of the district courts in Wales were indexed in the ''Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration'' made in the Principal Registry (see England and Wales Principal Probate Registry Including: General Index 1858–1957 Principal Registry 1858–1925 District Courts 1858–1925 in this section). The indexes include an abstract of the probate document with the date proved and the name of the court in which it was proved. | '''Principal Probate Registry.'''From 1858, all the wills and administrations that were proved in any of the district courts in Wales were indexed in the ''Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration'' made in the Principal Registry (see England and Wales Principal Probate Registry Including: General Index 1858–1957 Principal Registry 1858–1925 District Courts 1858–1925 in this section). The indexes include an abstract of the probate document with the date proved and the name of the court in which it was proved. | ||
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=== Probate Records at the Family History Library === | === Probate Records at the Family History Library === | ||
The Family History Library has an excellent collection of Welsh probate records and indexes, including most pre-1925 wills and indexes for wills and administrations. | The Family History Library has an excellent collection of Welsh probate records and indexes, including most pre-1925 wills and indexes for wills and administrations. | ||
To find call numbers for the probate records, look in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | To find call numbers for the probate records, look in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | ||