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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Yorkshire]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Yorkshire Probate Courts]] | [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Yorkshire]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Yorkshire Probate Courts]] | ||
To read a general explanation of probates in England, click [[England Probate Records|here]]. Step by | To read a general explanation of probates in England, click [[England Probate Records|here]]. | ||
== <br>Description == | |||
''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. | |||
== Step By Step == | |||
1. Search indexes to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail given in the index. | |||
2. Go to the Archive Records below to determine what original probate records exist for this court. | |||
3. Obtain the records to search. Use one of these methods to find indexes and records. | |||
*Contact or visit the Archive (see below) or hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. | |||
*Order microfilm copies of the indexes and records listed in the Family History Library Records (see section below) by visiting the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHL/frameset_library.asp Family History Library] or one of its [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp family history centers] and search indexes and records. | |||
== Indexes == | == Indexes == | ||
Revision as of 15:09, 23 December 2009
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Yorkshire Yorkshire Probate Courts
To read a general explanation of probates in England, click here.
Description[edit | edit source]
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 wills, administrations (also called admons), inventories, and act books. The Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process until to 1858.
Step By Step[edit | edit source]
1. Search indexes to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail given in the index.
2. Go to the Archive Records below to determine what original probate records exist for this court.
3. Obtain the records to search. Use one of these methods to find indexes and records.
- Contact or visit the Archive (see below) or hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf.
- Order microfilm copies of the indexes and records listed in the Family History Library Records (see section below) by visiting the Family History Library or one of its family history centers and search indexes and records.
Indexes[edit | edit source]
Indexes for 54 peculiar courts, 1383-1883, are available online on British Origins. This is a subscription site.
Volume 60 of the record series of the Record Series Yorkshire Archaeological Society provides a printed index to this court in Appendix II on page 181. Volume 60 is on film in the Family History Library.
Records[edit | edit source]
Archive Location[edit | edit source]
Records are housed in the Borthwick Institute in York.
Archive Records[edit | edit source]
Family History Library[edit | edit source]
No records have been filmed for this court.
Jurisdiction[edit | edit source]
Aldbrough is a township in the parish of St. John Stanwick in the North Riding.