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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. If | Determine ''when'' your ancestor died. If you are not 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 1870 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' online: [http://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 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 1870 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' online: [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/index.jsp Vision of Britain] | ||
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If the latter, look that place up in the gazetteer and see if it is a parish. | If the latter, look that place up in the gazetteer and see if it is a parish. | ||
Once you have identified the parish, go to '''Step 3'''. | Once you have identified the parish, go to '''Step 3'''. | ||
==== Step 3. Cheshire's court jurisdiction ==== | ==== Step 3. Cheshire's court jurisdiction ==== | ||