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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 | County-wide general will indexes exist for Hertfordshire for the years 1413-1857, please click to the [https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/ufs/HALS_WILL.eb?ebd=0&ebz=1_1716306565812 Hertfordshire Names Online Wills search] 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 Hertford. ''London 2007, the British Record Society. (FS Library book 942 B4b vol. 120 | *Beryl Crawley and Cliff Webb, ed. ''Wills at Hertford. ''London 2007, the British Record Society. (FS Library book 942 B4b vol. 120). | ||
Printed indexes to Hertfordshire wills (a few) held in the Essex County Record Office: | Printed indexes to Hertfordshire wills (a few) held in the Essex County Record Office: | ||
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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, Hertfordshire - Probate records|subject|subject-id=2078205090|disp=Hertfordshire 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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