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A general explanation of probate records in England, is given in the article [[England Probate Records]].
To read a general explanation of probates in England, click [[England Probate Records|here]].  


== Step by Step  ==
== Jurisdiction ==


1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will or administration (admon), writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry.<br>2. Proceed to "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court.<br>3. Contact or visit the Herefordshire 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.<br>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.<br>
Courts of the Commissary and Archdeacon within the Archdeaconry of Stow (except the peculiars). The records merged with bthose of the Consistory Court after 1834. To know which court had jurisdiction over a place, see the links in the Court Jurisdictions section of [[Lincolnshire Probate Records]].<br>  
 
== Indexes  ==
 
==== Online Indexes  ====
 
==== Printed and Published Indexes  ====
 
{{FSC|294785|title-id|disp=''Calendars of Lincoln wills'', 1540-1659}}, volume 52. Edited by C. W. Foster. This volume is an index to 1582-1699.<br>


== Records  ==
== Records  ==


==== Archive Location  ====
The records for this court are housed at the Lincolnshire Archives Office.


The original records are in the collection of the [https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/archives Lincolnshire Archives Office].
The Family History Library has film copies [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=4327&disp=Probate+records++ Wills and Administrations, 1530-1834 ]. Films can be viewed in the library or in a [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp family history center].  


==== Archive Records  ====
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== Indexes ==
 
==== FamilySearch Library ====


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: {{FSC|4327|title-id|disp=Wills and Administrations, 1530-1834 }}.  
''Calendars of Lincoln wills'', edited by C. W. Foster, includes this court in volume 57. The Family History Library has a copy [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=233030&disp=Calendars+of+Lincoln+wills%20%20&columns=*,0,0 (FHL 942 B4b v. 57 1968)].<br>  
== Jurisdiction<br> ==


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Revision as of 12:58, 7 August 2009

Lincolnshire Probate Records

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

Jurisdiction[edit | edit source]

Courts of the Commissary and Archdeacon within the Archdeaconry of Stow (except the peculiars). The records merged with bthose of the Consistory Court after 1834. To know which court had jurisdiction over a place, see the links in the Court Jurisdictions section of Lincolnshire Probate Records.

Records[edit | edit source]

The records for this court are housed at the Lincolnshire Archives Office.

The Family History Library has film copies Wills and Administrations, 1530-1834 . Films can be viewed in the library or in a family history center.


Indexes[edit | edit source]

Calendars of Lincoln wills, edited by C. W. Foster, includes this court in volume 57. The Family History Library has a copy (FHL 942 B4b v. 57 1968).