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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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=== Some Explanatory Notes on the Middlesex Probate Courts<br> === | === Some Explanatory Notes on the Middlesex Probate Courts<br> === | ||
Probate records of Middlesex, incorporating [[Greater London|Greater London]] | Probate records of Middlesex, incorporating [[Greater London|Greater London]] and the whole of the ancient county of Middlesex commence from as early as 1258 up to 1857. There are several Middlesex County probate court jurisdictions, some of which hold extensive probate record coverage for the greater metropolis and there are a few smaller court jurisdictions which only pertain to a small handful of parishes. | ||
The complexity of probate research in this most populous region of England resides in the fact that [[Greater London|Greater London's]] layout is likewise complex, incorporating the whole of Middlesex and London counties, as well as portions of northwest [[Kent, England Genealogy|Kent]], northeast [[Surrey, England Genealogy|Surrey]], parts of [[Essex, England Genealogy|Essex]] and [[Hertfordshire, England Genealogy|Hertfordshire]]. | The complexity of probate research in this most populous region of England resides in the fact that [[Greater London|Greater London's]] layout is likewise complex, incorporating the whole of Middlesex and London counties, as well as portions of northwest [[Kent, England Genealogy|Kent]], northeast [[Surrey, England Genealogy|Surrey]], parts of [[Essex, England Genealogy|Essex]] and [[Hertfordshire, England Genealogy|Hertfordshire]]. Several courts held concurrent jurisdiction with one another thus requiring searching multiple probate courts. | ||
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[[Category:Middlesex Probate Records]] | [[Category:Middlesex Probate Records]] | ||
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