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== Step by Step  ==
To read a general explanation of probates in England, click [[England Probate Records|here]].


1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry.
== Jurisdiction ==
 
2. Proceed to "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court. Also see "FamilySearch Library Records." 
 
3. Contact or visit the Cambridgeshire County Record Office or hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers.
 
4. Visit The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library], or, one of its 4,500 satellite FamilySearch centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records; then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search the original wills and admons available online at a local [https://www.familysearch.org/en/centers/about FamilySearch center or affiliate library] near you. 
 
== Indexes  ==
 
==== Online Indexes  ====
 
==== Printed and Published Indexes ====
 
The FamilySearch Library has copies of the following:


*Calendar of wills, 1615-1858, on {{FSC|374857|title-id|disp=film number 187854}}
Huntingdon except for the [[P genealogical glossary terms|prebendal]] courts. From 1479-1609, this court also had jurisdiction over 77 parishes in Hertfordshire and Everton in Bedford.  
*Index to Admon Bonds, 1662-1688, on {{FSC|374857|title-id|disp=film number 187904}}
*Index to inventories, 1607-1857, on {{FSC|374857|title-id|disp=film number 187855}}
*{{FSC|236394|title-id|disp=Calendars of Huntingdonshire wills, 1479-1652,}} compiled by W. M. Noble


== Records  ==
== Records  ==


==== Archive Location  ====
The records for this court are housed in the [http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/visiting/HLAC1.htm Huntingdonshire Record Office].


The records for this court are held at the [http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/visiting/crocambridge.htm Cambridgeshire County Record Office].  
The Family History Library has film copies of [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=283731&disp=Probate+records+of+the+Archdeaconry+of+H++ probate records, 1585-1858]. These include register copy wills, original wills, [[A genealogical glossary terms|admons]], and act books. Films can be view in the library or in a [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp family history center].  


==== Archive Records  ====
== Indexes ==
 
Add information.
 
==== FamilySearch Library Records  ====
 
The indexes and original records have been digitized and are available at a [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch centre or a FamilySearch affiliate library] near you:<br>
 
*{{FSC|374857|title-id|disp=Registered copy wills 1479-1645, 1663-1678, 1690-1857}}
*{{FSC|374857|title-id|disp=Original wills 1631, 1646-1649, 1652, 1661-1662, 1679-1689}}<br>
*{{FSC|374857|title-id|disp=Admon act books 1559-1614, 1691-1857}} <br>
*{{FSC|374857|title-id|disp=Admon bonds 1662-1688}}<br>
== Jurisdiction ==
 
All of Huntingdonshire except for the [[P genealogical glossary terms|prebendal]] courts. From 1479-1609, this court also had jurisdiction over 77 parishes in Hertfordshire and Everton in Bedford.


[[Category:Huntingdonshire Probate Records]]
[[Category:Huntingdonshire]]

Revision as of 12:10, 20 July 2009

Huntingdonshire Probate Records

To read a general explanation of probates in England, click here.

Jurisdiction[edit | edit source]

Huntingdon except for the prebendal courts. From 1479-1609, this court also had jurisdiction over 77 parishes in Hertfordshire and Everton in Bedford.

Records[edit | edit source]

The records for this court are housed in the Huntingdonshire Record Office.

The Family History Library has film copies of probate records, 1585-1858. These include register copy wills, original wills, admons, and act books. Films can be view in the library or in a family history center.

Indexes[edit | edit source]