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Noel B. Livingston (writing in 1910), described Jamaica's will and administration records as follows: | Noel B. Livingston (writing in 1910), described Jamaica's will and administration records as follows: | ||
:The Governor of the Island, until the passing of the Judicature Law in 1879, was the person to whom application was made for the probate of wills or a grant of administration. In that year also the Records of this Court, which commence shortly after the occupation of the Island by the English, and are in good order, were transferred to and are kept in the Island Record Office. The Inventories of the Estate of the persons on which Probate or Administration were granted are also preserved. | |||
:Since 1879, when the Court of Ordinary was abolished and the Supreme Court of the Colony given the jurisdiction and powers which belonged to the former Court, the records of probates and administrations (since 1879) are kept in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court.<ref>Noel B. Livingston, 'Records of Jamaica,' ''Caribbeana,'' Vol. 1 (1910):135. Digitised by [http://dloc.com/ dLOC] - free.</ref> | |||
===Proved in London=== | ===Proved in London=== | ||
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