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== Step By Step == | == Step By Step == | ||
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 | 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 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. | ||
== Indexes == | == Indexes == | ||
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==== Online Indexes ==== | ==== Online Indexes ==== | ||
Here are some [ | Here are some [https://www.library.wales/catalogues-searching/catalogues/specialist-catalogues/wills Breconshire Wills 1543-1858 online] at The National Library of Wales | ||
Also Brecon Diocese wills that cover Hereford parishes pre-1852. [http://www.lhsarchive.org.uk/ Longtown Historical Society] | |||
==== Printed and Published Indexes ==== | |||
Indexes 1660-1858 | |||
The | Indexes in The FamilySearch Library: | ||
The original and microfilmed records include indexes. The FamilySearch Library has film copies of the following indexes: | |||
== | *{{FSC|107760|title-id|disp=Indexes of Wills 1660-1857}} | ||
*{{FSC|128256|title-id|disp=Abstracts & 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 == | ||
==== Archive Location ==== | |||
==== Archive | |||
Powys County Archives Office<br>Powys County Hall<br>Spa Road East<br>Llandrindod Wells<br>Powys LD1 5LG | Powys County Archives Office<br>Powys County Hall<br>Spa Road East<br>Llandrindod Wells<br>Powys LD1 5LG | ||
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WALES | WALES | ||
Email: archives@powys.gov.uk | |||
Tel: 44 (0)1597 826088<br>[http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=647&L=0 Website] | Tel: 44 (0)1597 826088<br>[http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=647&L=0 Website] | ||
==== | ==== Archive Records ==== | ||
The records | The records include: | ||
*Original wills, administrations, and inventories, 1603; 1609-1858 (some missing years) | *Original wills, administrations, and inventories, 1603; 1609-1858 (some missing years) | ||
*Register Copy Wills, 1543-1858 | *Register Copy Wills, 1543-1858 | ||
==== | ==== FamilySearch Library 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: | |||
* | *{{FSC|107760|title-id|disp=Registered Wills 1575-1858}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|670151|title-id|disp=Administrations & Inventories 1557-1857}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|128256|title-id|disp=Abstracts & Indexes of Original Wills 1575-1858}}<br> | ||
== Jurisdiction == | == Jurisdiction == | ||
This court | This court held Probate jurisdiction over the counties of Breconshire and Radnorshire. It also held concurrent jurisdiction over the following eight Herefordshire parishes''':''' | ||
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Return to the [[Herefordshire Probate Records]] page. | Return to the [[Herefordshire Probate Records]] and the [[Breconshire Probate Records]] page. | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Wales Probate Records]] | ||
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