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| Determine ''when'' your ancestor died. If you aren't sure, use an approximate date. | | Determine ''when'' your ancestor died. If you aren't sure, use an approximate date. |
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| Determine ''where'' your ancestor died. It is easier to find a probate record if you know the parish where your ancestor lived or died. To learn the parish for the place where your ancestor died, look the place up in a gazetteer (topographical dictionary). Here is a link to the 1872 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' online: [https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/index.jsp Vision of Britain] | | Determine ''where'' your ancestor died. It is easier to find a probate record if you know the parish where your ancestor lived or died. To learn the parish for the place where your ancestor died, look the place up in a gazetteer (topographical dictionary). Here is a link to the 1872 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' online: [https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ Vision of Britain] |
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| 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: |
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| *{{FSC|486788|subject_id|disp=Staffordshire 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> | | *{{FSC|England, Staffordshire - Probate records|subject|subject-id=1971113801|disp=Staffordshire 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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