Court of the Archdeaconry of Breconshire: Difference between revisions

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England Herefordshire Breconshire Probate Records Herefordshire Probate Records, Worcestershire Probate Records ,Gloucestershire Probate Records

Step By Step[edit | edit source]

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.
2. Proceed to the "Probate Records of This Court" (below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court.
3. Contact or visit the Breconshire 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 Family History Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records; then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search more quickly the original wills and admons also on microfilm via any centers near you.

Indexes[edit | edit source]

Online Indexes[edit | edit source]

Here are some Breconshire Wills 1543-1858 online at The National Library of Wales

Printed Indexes[edit | edit source]

Indexes 1660-1858

Indexes in The Family History Library[edit | edit source]

The original and microfilmed records include indexes. The Family History Library has film copies of the following indexes:

The Records[edit | edit source]

Probate Records of This Court Held in This Archive[edit | edit source]

The original records are deposited at the

Archive Records[edit | edit source]

Powys County Archives Office
Powys County Hall
Spa Road East
Llandrindod Wells
Powys LD1 5LG

WALES

E-mail: archives@powys.gov.uk

Tel: 44 (0)1597 826088
Website

Probate Records of This Court Held in This Archive[edit | edit source]

The records include:

Original wills, administrations, and inventories, 1603; 1609-1858 (some missing years)
Register Copy Wills, 1543-1858

Family History Library Records[edit | edit source]

Records have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and through the many family history centers world-wide. They include:

Archive Records[edit | edit source]

Add information about the manuscript, printed and digital records in this location.

Jurisdiction[edit | edit source]

This court held Probate jurisdiction over the counties of Breconshire and Radnorshire. It also held concurrent jurisdiction over the following eight Herefordshire parishes:

Clodock
Dulas
Ewyas Harold

Llancillo
Michaelchurch Eskley
Rowlston

St. Margaret
Walterston

Return to the Herefordshire Probate Records and the Breconshire Probate Records page.

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 == Step By Step  ==
-. 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 Breconshire 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.
+. 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 the "Probate Records of This Court" (below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court.<br>3. Contact or visit the Breconshire 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 Family History Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records;&nbsp;then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search more quickly the&nbsp;original wills and admons also&nbsp;on microfilm via any&nbsp;[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp centers]&nbsp;near you.
 == Indexes  ==
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 ==== Online Indexes  ====
-Here are some [https://www.library.wales/catalogues-searching/catalogues/specialist-catalogues/wills Breconshire Wills 1543-1858 online] at The National Library of Wales
+Here are some [http://cat.llgc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gw/chameleon?&lng=en&skin=profeb Breconshire Wills 1543-1858 online] at&nbsp;The National&nbsp;Library of&nbsp;Wales&nbsp;&nbsp;
+==== Printed Indexes  ====
-Also Brecon Diocese wills that cover Hereford parishes pre-1852. [http://www.lhsarchive.org.uk/ Longtown Historical Society]
+&nbsp; Indexes 1660-1858
-==== Printed and Published Indexes  ====
+==== Indexes in The Family History Library  ====
-  Indexes 1660-1858
+The original and microfilmed records include indexes. The Family History Library has film copies of the following indexes:
-Indexes in The FamilySearch Library:
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=107760&disp=Registered+copies+of+wills%2C+1575-185++ Indexes of Wills 1660-1857]
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=128256&disp=Abstracts+and+indexes+of+original+wills++ Abstracts &amp; Indexes of Original Wills 1575-1858]
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=672452&disp=Archeaconry+of+Brecon+probate+records%2C++ Index to Probate Records pre-1660]
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=718458&disp=Mynegai+i+ewyllysiau+Aberhonddu+Brecon+p++ Brecon probate index, 1660-1857]
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=149115&disp=An+index+to+Brecknockshire+wills++ An index to Brecknockshire wills] (no years given)
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=693492&disp=Mynegai+i+ewyllysiau+Tyddewi+St.+David++ St. David's probate index, 1556-1858]
-The original and microfilmed records include indexes. The FamilySearch Library has film copies of the following indexes:
+== The Records  ==
-*{{FSC|107760|title-id|disp=Indexes of Wills 1660-1857}}
+==== Probate Records of This Court Held in This Archive  ====
-*{{FSC|128256|title-id|disp=Abstracts &amp; Indexes of Original Wills 1575-1858}}
-*{{FSC|672452|title-id|disp=Index to Probate Records pre-1660}}
-*{{FSC|718458|title-id|disp=Brecon probate index, 1660-1857}}
-*{{FSC|149115|title-id|disp=An index to Brecknockshire wills}} (no years given)
-*{{FSC|693492|title-id|disp=St. David's probate index, 1556-1858}}
-== Records  ==
+The original records are deposited at the
-==== Archive Location  ====
+==== Archive Records  ====
 Powys County Archives Office<br>Powys County Hall<br>Spa Road East<br>Llandrindod Wells<br>Powys LD1 5LG
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 WALES
-Email: archives@powys.gov.uk
+E-mail: archives@powys.gov.uk
 Tel: 44 (0)1597 826088<br>[http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=647&L=0 Website]
-==== Archive Records  ====
+==== Probate Records of This Court Held in This Archive  ====
-The records include:
+The records&nbsp;include:
 *Original wills, administrations, and inventories, 1603; 1609-1858 (some missing years)
 *Register Copy Wills, 1543-1858
-==== FamilySearch Library Records  ====
+==== Family History Library Records  ====
+Records have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake&nbsp;City and through the many family history centers world-wide. They include:&nbsp;
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=107760&disp=Registered+copies+of+wills%2C+1575-185++ Registered Wills 1575-1858]
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=670151&disp=Admons%2C+wills%2C+and+inventories%2C+15++ Administrations &amp; Inventories 1557-1857]
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=128256&disp=Abstracts+and+indexes+of+original+wills++ Abstracts&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Indexes of Original Wills 1575-1858]
+==== Archive Records  ====
-Many of the records are available online or are on microfilm at the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] in Salt Lake City. They include:
+Add information about the manuscript, printed and digital records in this location.
-*{{FSC|107760|title-id|disp=Registered Wills 1575-1858}}
-*{{FSC|670151|title-id|disp=Administrations &amp; Inventories 1557-1857}}
-*{{FSC|128256|title-id|disp=Abstracts &amp; Indexes of Original Wills 1575-1858}}<br>
 == Jurisdiction  ==
-This court held Probate jurisdiction over the counties of Breconshire and Radnorshire. It also held concurrent jurisdiction over the following eight Herefordshire parishes''':'''
+This court&nbsp;held Probate jurisdiction over&nbsp;the counties of Breconshire and Radnorshire. It also held concurrent jurisdiction over the&nbsp;following eight&nbsp;Herefordshire parishes''':'''
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 Return to the [[Herefordshire Probate Records]] and the [[Breconshire Probate Records]] page.
-[[Category:Wales Probate Records]]