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<br>The following are links to records in the FamilySearch Library catalog. | <br>The following are links to records in the FamilySearch Library catalog. | ||
* | * {{FSC|309060|item|disp=Registered wills and original wills, administrations and inventories, 1494-1860, and, act books, 1532-1638 for Diocese of Lichfield Episcopal Consistory Court}}. {{FSC|309060|title-id|disp=}}These include calendars--chronological records of the court's proceedings--not technically name indexes. | ||
* Original wills, administrations and inventories for the Diocese of Hereford, 1517-1858 {{FSC|293346|title-id|disp=}}. The Diocese of Hereford covers the some of the western and almost all the southern part of the county of Shropshire. | * {{FSC|293346|item|disp=Original wills, administrations and inventories for the Diocese of Hereford, 1517-1858}} {{FSC|293346|title-id|disp=}}. The Diocese of Hereford covers the some of the western and almost all the southern part of the county of Shropshire. | ||
* {{FSC|693522|item|disp=Mynegai i ewyllysiau Llanelwy St. Asaph probate index, 1660-1858}}. {{FSC|385951|title-id|disp=}} St Asaph's Diocese covers the Shropshire parishes of Halton, Kinnerley, Knockin, Llanyblodwel, Llanmynech, Melverley, Morton, Oswestry, St. Martins, Selattyn, Trefonen, Whittington. | |||
Mynegai i ewyllysiau Llanelwy St. Asaph probate index, 1660-1858. {{FSC|385951|title-id|disp=}} | * {{FSC|385951|item|disp=Abstracts and indexes of original wills, Consistory Court, St. Asaph's Diocese, Wales, 1557-1833}}. {{FSC|385951|title-id|disp=}} St Asaph's Diocese covers the Shropshire parishes of Halton, Kinnerley, Knockin, Llanyblodwel, Llanmynech, Melverley, Morton, Oswestry, St. Martins, Selattyn, Trefonen, Whittington. | ||
* {{FSC|434319|item|disp=Shropshire probates in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, calendar/index 1700-1749}}. {{FSC|434319|title-id|disp=}} | |||
Abstracts and indexes of original wills, Consistory Court, St. Asaph's Diocese, Wales, 1557-1833. {{FSC|385951|title-id|disp=}} | A general will index for the Diocese of Lichfield exists online, a scanned edition of P.W. Phillimore's publication by the British Record Society in 1892, [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Calendars_of_Wills_Administrations_in_th/4zYEAAAAIAAJ?hl=en Calendars of Wills & Administrations in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Lichfield]. This single index consolidates most Staffordshire wills of the various probate court jurisdictions from 1514-1652 for the Diocese of Lichfield and to 1790 for Staffordshire smaller peculiar courts. [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=4zYEAAAAIAAJ] | ||
St Asaph's Diocese covers the Shropshire parishes of Halton, Kinnerley, Knockin, Llanyblodwel, Llanmynech, Melverley, Morton, Oswestry, St. Martins, Selattyn, Trefonen, Whittington. | |||
Shropshire probates in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, calendar/index 1700-1749. {{FSC|434319|title-id|disp=}} | |||
A general will index for the Diocese of Lichfield exists online, a scanned edition of P.W. Phillimore's publication by the British Record Society in 1892, Calendars of | |||
Did you find a reference to a probate record? | Did you find a reference to a probate record? | ||
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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: | ||
*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ | *[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ Vision of Britain] | ||
The gazetteer will either tell you: | The gazetteer will either tell you: | ||
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Once you have found an index reference to a probate, obtain a copy of the record. Do so by one of these methods: | Once you have found an index reference to a probate, obtain a copy of the record. Do so by one of these methods: | ||
*{{FSC| | *{{FSC|England, Shropshire - Probate records|subject|subject-id=1563615120|disp=Shropshire 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> | ||
*Visit or contact the record office that has the original records in its collection. | *Visit or contact the record office that has the original records in its collection. | ||
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