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*Somerset Medieval Wills - Vol. 1 '''1383-1500''' [http://archive.org/details/somersetpub16someuoft Internet Archive] | Vol. 2 '''1501-1530''' [http://archive.org/details/somersetmedieva01weavgoog Internet Archive] | Vol. 3 '''1531-1558''' [http://books.google.com/books?id=SPg3yS_PfPwC Google Books] | [http://www.origins.net/help/aboutNWI-SOM.aspx Bristol Origins] includes all three volumes | *Somerset Medieval Wills - Vol. 1 '''1383-1500''' [http://archive.org/details/somersetpub16someuoft Internet Archive] | Vol. 2 '''1501-1530''' [http://archive.org/details/somersetmedieva01weavgoog Internet Archive] | Vol. 3 '''1531-1558''' [http://books.google.com/books?id=SPg3yS_PfPwC Google Books] | [http://www.origins.net/help/aboutNWI-SOM.aspx Bristol Origins] includes all three volumes | ||
*[http://www.gomezsmart.myzen.co.uk/ http://www.gomezsmart.myzen.co.uk/] | *[http://www.gomezsmart.myzen.co.uk/ http://www.gomezsmart.myzen.co.uk/] (For wills or probate on this website, look under '[http://www.gomezsmart.myzen.co.uk/property.htm Property].') This site is concerned with family and social history in the Hundred of Frome. This consisted of the parishes of Beckington, Berkley, Cloford, Elm, Frome Selwood, Laverton, Lullington, Marston Bigot, Nunney, Orchardleigh, Rode (Road), Rodden, Standerwick, Wanstrow, Whatley and Woolverton. It also included the adjacent Liberties of East Cranmore, Leigh-upon-Mendip, Mells and Witham Friary and the Peculiar of Buckland Dinham ([http://www.gomezsmart.myzen.co.uk/ see map]). | ||
*[https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/wills-or-administrations-before-1858/ Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858)] which was the highest court in England. | *[https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/wills-or-administrations-before-1858/ Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858)] which was the highest court in England. | ||
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*[https://somerset-cat.swheritage.org.uk/ Somerset Archives and Local Studies], under Research Guides, Wills | *[https://somerset-cat.swheritage.org.uk/ Somerset Archives and Local Studies], under Research Guides, Wills | ||
Here is a list of published indexes with broad coverage which are available at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. | Here is a list of published indexes with broad coverage which are available at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. | ||
*{{FSC|1565560|title-id|disp=Somerset wills II pre-1858 extracted by Olive M. Moger (edited by A. J. Webb)}} | *{{FSC|1565560|title-id|disp=Somerset wills II pre-1858 extracted by Olive M. Moger (edited by A. J. Webb)}} | ||
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*{{FSC|285201|title-id|disp=Somerset wills from Exeter}} | *{{FSC|285201|title-id|disp=Somerset wills from Exeter}} | ||
*{{FSC|288284|title-id|disp=Abstracts of Somersetshire wills, etc.}} | *{{FSC|288284|title-id|disp=Abstracts of Somersetshire wills, etc.}} | ||
*{{FSC|289050|title-id|disp=Wells wills | *{{FSC|289050|title-id|disp=Wells wills : arranged in parishes, and annotated}} | ||
*{{FSC|1188872|title-id|disp=The Genealogists' magazine}} - v. 5 (1929-1931) has and alphabetical list of Somerset Archdeaconry Court Wills proved at Taunton. Missing from other published lists, almost all these wills are from the 1600's see pages 328-336. <br> | *{{FSC|1188872|title-id|disp=The Genealogists' magazine}} - v. 5 (1929-1931) has and alphabetical list of Somerset Archdeaconry Court Wills proved at Taunton. Missing from other published lists, almost all these wills are from the 1600's see pages 328-336. <br> | ||
*Somerset Wills extracted by A.J. Monday and edited by Mary Siraut at The FamilySearch Library, Salt Lake City. Part of the Somerset Record Society Series Call Number British 942.38 B4s Volume 89 | *Somerset Wills extracted by A.J. Monday and edited by Mary Siraut at The FamilySearch Library, Salt Lake City. Part of the Somerset Record Society Series Call Number British 942.38 B4s Volume 89 | ||
*Wells Convocation Acts Books 1589-1665 Part I at The FamilySearch Library, Salt Lake City. | *Wells Convocation Acts Books 1589-1665 Part I at The FamilySearch Library, Salt Lake City. Part of the Somerset Record Society Series Call Number British 942.38 B4s Volume 90 | ||
Did you find a reference to a probate record? | Did you find a reference to a probate record? | ||
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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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| | | [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes A|A]] | ||
| | | [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions B|B]] | ||
| | | [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes C|C]] | ||
| | | [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions Parishes D|D]] | ||
| | | [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions E through J|E-J]] | ||
| | | [[Somerset Probate Jurisdictions K through M|K-M]] | ||
| | | [[Somerset Probate Jurisdiction Parishes N through R|N-R]] | ||
| | | [[Somerset Probate Jurisdiction Parishes S through T|S-T]] | ||
| | | [[Somerset Probate Jurisdiction Parishes U through Z|U-Z]] | ||
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== Some Explanatory Notes about the Somerset Probate Courts == | == Some Explanatory Notes about the Somerset Probate Courts == | ||
"All probate records of the Diocese of Bath and Wells which had been deposited in the Probate Registry at Exeter were destroyed there in 1942. | "All probate records of the Diocese of Bath and Wells which had been deposited in the Probate Registry at Exeter were destroyed there in 1942. The records destroyed were those of the Consistory Court of Bath and Wells, the Archdeaconry Courts of Wells and Taunton, the Consistory Courts of the Dean and Chapter and of the Dean [of Wells], the Peculiar Courts of the Precentor, the Chancellor and Sub-Dean of Wells, the Royal Peculiar Court of Ilminister, and the various Prebendary Courts."<ref>Camp, Anthony J., ''Wills and Their Whereabouts,'' London: by the author, 1974. FS Library book 942 S2wa, page 116.</ref> | ||
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