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| A general explanation of probate records in England, is given in the article [[England Probate Records]]. Click to read a definition of the word [[P genealogical glossary terms|peculiar]].
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| == Description == | | == Search Indexes First == |
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| ''Probate'' is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. The term ''probate'' refers to a collection of documents, including [[W genealogical glossary terms|wills]], [[A genealogical glossary terms|administrations]] (also called admons), [[I genealogical glossary terms|inventories]], and [[A genealogical glossary terms|act books]]. The Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process until to 1858.
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| == Step By Step == | | ==== Printed and manuscript indexes <br> ==== |
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| 1. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog Search indexes] to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail given in the index.
| | == Search for Probate Documents == |
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| 2. Go to "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court.
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| 3. Obtain the records to search. Use one of these methods to find indexes and records.
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| *Contact or visit the Archive (see below) or hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf.
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| *Microfilm can no longer be ordered.
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| == Indexes ==
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| ==== Online Indexes ==== | | == Documents related to probates == |
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| Indexes for 54 peculiar courts, 1383-1883, are available online on [http://www.britishorigins.com/help/popup-aboutbo-ypec.htm BritishOrigins]. This is a subscription site.
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| ==== Printed and Published Indexes ====
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| The FamilySearch Library has a filmed calendar, 1681-1858, on {{FSC|348776|title-id|disp=film number 98916 items 8 and 10}}. Item 10 is a bound manuscript. Item 8 is another volume containing a calendar for 1681-1714, an act book for 1715-1726, and a calendar for 1727-1788. The act book includes marriage licenses.
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| == Records ==
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| The records for this court are held in the [http://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ Borthwick Institute of Historical Research]. Archive Location
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| ==== FamilySearch Library Records ====
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| The indexes and original records have been digitized and are available online at a [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch centre or a FamilySearch affiliate library] near you:
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| *Surnames A-G on film number {{FSC|348776|title-id|disp= 99917}}. Another A and three B's appear on film {{FSC|348776|title-id|disp=99921}}.
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| *Surnames H-P on film number {{FSC|348776|title-id|disp= 99918}}. Two H's, a K and a P appear on film {{FSC|348776|title-id|disp= 99921}}.
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| *Surnames R-S on film number {{FSC|348776|title-id|disp= 99919}}. An R and three more S's are on film {{FSC|348776|title-id|disp= 99921}}.
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| *Surnames T-Z on film number {{FSC|348776|title-id|disp= 99920}}. FJour T's and five W's are on film {{FSC|348776|title-id|disp= 99921}}.
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| A set of original records, 1681-1731, are on film number {{FSC|348776|title-id|disp= 99921}}. They are in chronological order from this point. There are some seventeen documents for 1681-1710 that are not in the abstracts mentioned below.
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| Volume 47 of the Record Series of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society purports to be abstracts of all 695 probate in alphabetical order. This is not the case as will be noted on film {{FSC|348776|title-id|disp= 99921}}. The marriage licenses, 1664-1726, are also printed in this volulme.<br>
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| == Jurisdiction ==
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| Barlow, Brayton, Burn, Gateforth, Hambleton, Selby and Thorpe Willoughby.
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