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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HEF/ProbateRecords/index.html Abstracts of Herefordshire Probate Records] and [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HEF/ProbateRecords/about.html Herefordshire Wills Collections]. These pages provide details of compilations of Herefordshire Probate Records (wills), either partial abstracts or indexes, online and in printed collections. | *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HEF/ProbateRecords/index.html Abstracts of Herefordshire Probate Records] and [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HEF/ProbateRecords/about.html Herefordshire Wills Collections]. These pages provide details of compilations of Herefordshire Probate Records (wills), either partial abstracts or indexes, online and in printed collections. | ||
* | *[https://ldhs.org.uk/archives/ Longtown Historical Society's Archive project] includes probate records for several parishes in southwest Herefordshire that formed part of the Archdeacon of Brecon | ||
*[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C12122 Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury] | *[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C12122 Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury] | ||
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Determine ''where'' your ancestor died. It is easier to find a probate record if you know whether the place where your ancestor lived or died is a [[P genealogical glossary terms|parish]]. To learn whether it is a parish, look it up in a gazetteer. Here is a link to the 1872 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' online: | Determine ''where'' your ancestor died. It is easier to find a probate record if you know whether the place where your ancestor lived or died is a [[P genealogical glossary terms|parish]]. To learn whether it is a parish, look it up in a gazetteer. Here is a link to the 1872 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' online: | ||
*[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/ | *[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/ Vision of Britain] | ||
The gazetteer will either tell you: | The gazetteer will either tell you: | ||
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Once you have found an index reference to a probate record and identified the court that probated it, obtain a copy of the record. Do so by one of these methods: | Once you have found an index reference to a probate record and identified the court that probated it, obtain a copy of the record. Do so by one of these methods: | ||
*{{FSC| | *{{FSC|England, Herefordshire - Probate records|subject|subject-id=1742843085|disp=Herefordshire England Probate Records}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - some images may only be available at a [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Center or FamilySearch Affiliate Library.]<br> | ||
*Visit or contact the record office that has the original records in its collection. | *Visit or contact the record office that has the original records in its collection. | ||
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