Lancashire Probate Records: Difference between revisions

*'''1457-1858''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/lancashire-wills-and-probate-1457-1858 Lancashire Wills & Probate 1457-1858] at [https://www.findmypast.com/ Findmypast] ($) — index & images

*'''1796-1903''' [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records/index-to-death-duty-registers-1796-1903 Index To Death Duty Registers 1796-1903] at [https://www.findmypast.com/ Findmypast] ($) — index & images

*'''1541-1837''' [http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm Lancashire Will Search]

*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/lancashire-wills-and-probate-1457-1858 Lancashire Wills & Probate 1457-1858] at [https://www.findmypast.com/ Findmypast] ($) — index & images

*[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-united-kingdom-records/index-to-death-duty-registers-1796-1903 Index To Death Duty Registers 1796-1903] at [https://www.findmypast.com/ Findmypast] ($) — index & images

For later than 1807, see the Estate Duty Registers' indexes (see above link pr view microfilms available at the FamilySearch Library). These original indexes were created by the Estate Duty Office (Inland Revenue) for all wills and administrations, which exacted Death Duties (from all probate courts in the country).  

Determine ''when'' your ancestor died. If you aren't sure, use an approximate date.

Determine ''where'' your ancestor died. It is easier to find a probate record if you know whether the place where your ancestor lived or died is a [[P genealogical glossary terms|parish]]. To learn whether it is a parish, look it up in a gazetteer. Or use [https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ England Jurisdictions, 1851 ]to find it on a map, along with information about it. Here is a link to the 1872 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' online:  

*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ Vision of Britain]

Once you have identified the parish where your ancestor lived or died, learn which courts had jurisdiction over it then search indexes for those courts. Before 1858 every town and parish in Lancashire came under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. Click on a link below for the letter the parish begins with to identify which pre-1858 courts had probate jurisdiction over it''':'''

|   [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with A|A]]  

|   [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with B|B]]  

|   [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes C|C]]  

|   [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes D and E|D-E]]  

|   [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes F through G|F-G]]  

|   [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with H|H]]  

|   [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes I through L|I-L]]  

|   [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with M and N|M-N]]  

|   [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes O through R|O-R]]  

|   [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with S|S]]  

|   [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with T and U|T-U]]  

|   [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with Wal-Wav|Wal-Wav]]  

|   [[Lancashire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with We-Z|We-Z]]

*{{FSC|England, Lancashire - Probate records|subject|subject-id=948170519|disp=Lancashire England Probate Records}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - some images may only be available at a [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Center or FamilySearch Affiliate Library.]<br>

Probate records of Lancashire commence from as early as 1321 to 1857. The probate court jurisdictions listed below hold extensive probate record coverage not only for Lancashire but for Yorkshire, Cheshire, Durham, and Cumberland. There is only one peculiar or smaller court jurisdictions which pertain to Lancashire parishes.