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Before looking for a will, you should search an index. | Before looking for a will, you should search an index. | ||
County-wide general will indexes exist for Hertford | County-wide general will indexes exist for Hertford County for the years 1413-1857, please click to the [https://www.hertsdirect.org/ufs/ufsmain?formid=HALS_INDEXES Hertfordshire Names Online Wills] to assess their index. Also available at [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/hertfordshire-probate-records-index-1415-1858?_ga=1.145383092.141134231.1415381737 findmypast] (£). | ||
Printed indexes to wills at the Hertfordshire Record Office: | 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 | *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 | *Beryl Crawley and Cliff Webb, ed. ''Wills at Hertford. ''London 2007, the British Record Society. (FS Library 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 compiled by far the most comprehensive wills index for Hertfordshire; available at the [http://www.britishrecordsociety.org/ British Record Society website]. | ||
Printed indexes to Hertfordshire wills (a few) | Printed indexes to Hertfordshire wills (a few) held in the Essex County Record Office: | ||
* | * Emmison, F. G., ed. ''[Index to] Wills at Chelmsford''. London: s.n., 1961, the British Record Society. (FS Library book {{FSC|247479|title-id|disp=942 B4b}} vols. 78, 79 and 84; also on microfilms 0962739 and 0962740, and on microfiche 6073796, 6073797, and 6073802.) | ||
Other printed indexes may be | Other printed indexes may be found listed on the court pages. '''Click on the court name links above.''' Did you find a reference to a probate record? | ||
*If ''yes'', go to '''Step 4''' below. | *If ''yes'', go to '''Step 4''' below. | ||
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==== Step 2. Identify when and where your ancestor died ==== | ==== Step 2. Identify when and where your ancestor died ==== | ||
Determine ''when'' your ancestor died. | 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. Here is a link to the 1872 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' online: | 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. Here is a link to the 1872 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' online: | ||
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To see a list of Hertfordshire places and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, click on a letter link: | To see a list of Hertfordshire places and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, click on a letter link: | ||
[[Hertfordshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with A|A]] | [[Hertfordshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes beginning with A|A]] [[Hertfordshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes B|B]] [[Hertfordshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes C-G|C-G]] [[Hertfordshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes H-L|H-L]] [[Hertfordshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes M-S|M-S]] [[Hertfordshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes T-Z|T-Z]] | ||
==== Step 4. Obtain a copy of the probate record ==== | ==== Step 4. Obtain a copy of the probate record ==== | ||
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