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== Getting Started == | == Getting Started == | ||
''Probate'' is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. Probate records include [[W genealogical glossary terms|wills]] and [[A genealogical glossary terms|administrations]]. This article is about probate records in Shropshire. | ''Probate'' is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. Probate records include [[W genealogical glossary terms|wills]] and [[A genealogical glossary terms|administrations]]. This article is about probate records in Shropshire. See [[England Probate Records]] for a general description of probate records in England. | ||
=== 1858 to the Present === | === 1858 to the Present === | ||
Beginning in 1858, the [[Principal Probate Registry|Principal Probate Registry]] had the authority for probating estates. Click on the link to learn more. | Beginning in 1858, the [[Principal Probate Registry|Principal Probate Registry]] had the authority for probating estates. Click on the link to learn more. | ||
==== Online Records ==== | |||
*'''1858-1957''' {{RecordSearch|2451051|England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957}} at FamilySearch - [[England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index | |||
*'''1858-1995''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1904/ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995] at Ancestry($); index | |||
*'''1858-2019''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/england-and-wales-government-probate-death-index-1858-2019 England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019] at Findmypast($); index | |||
=== Before 1858 === | === Before 1858 === | ||
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Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Shropshire. Search these indexes first: | Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Shropshire. Search these indexes first: | ||
Start with: | |||
*'''1521-1860''' {{RecordSearch|3491898|England, Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield and Coventry Wills and Probate, 1521-1860}} — [[England, Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield and Coventry Wills and Probate - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; indexes & images; ''Also at [http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/staffordshire-dioceses-of-lichfield-and-coventry-wills-and-probate-1521-1860 Findmypast], ($)''. | |||
*'''1570-1790''' [https://www.staffsnameindexes.org.uk/default.aspx?Index=C Lichfield and Coventry Wills Index]. This court covers the northern half of Shropshire. | |||
<br>The following are links to records in the FamilySearch Library catalog. | |||
* {{FSC|309060|item|disp=Registered wills and original wills, administrations and inventories, 1494-1860, and, act books, 1532-1638 for Diocese of Lichfield Episcopal Consistory Court}}. {{FSC|309060|title-id|disp=}}These include calendars--chronological records of the court's proceedings--not technically name indexes. | |||
* {{FSC|293346|item|disp=Original wills, administrations and inventories for the Diocese of Hereford, 1517-1858}} {{FSC|293346|title-id|disp=}}. The Diocese of Hereford covers the some of the western and almost all the southern part of the county of Shropshire. | |||
* {{FSC|693522|item|disp=Mynegai i ewyllysiau Llanelwy St. Asaph probate index, 1660-1858}}. {{FSC|385951|title-id|disp=}} St Asaph's Diocese covers the Shropshire parishes of Halton, Kinnerley, Knockin, Llanyblodwel, Llanmynech, Melverley, Morton, Oswestry, St. Martins, Selattyn, Trefonen, Whittington. | |||
* {{FSC|385951|item|disp=Abstracts and indexes of original wills, Consistory Court, St. Asaph's Diocese, Wales, 1557-1833}}. {{FSC|385951|title-id|disp=}} St Asaph's Diocese covers the Shropshire parishes of Halton, Kinnerley, Knockin, Llanyblodwel, Llanmynech, Melverley, Morton, Oswestry, St. Martins, Selattyn, Trefonen, Whittington. | |||
* {{FSC|434319|item|disp=Shropshire probates in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, calendar/index 1700-1749}}. {{FSC|434319|title-id|disp=}} | |||
A general will index for the Diocese of Lichfield exists online, a scanned edition of P.W. Phillimore's publication by the British Record Society in 1892, [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Calendars_of_Wills_Administrations_in_th/4zYEAAAAIAAJ?hl=en Calendars of Wills & Administrations in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Lichfield]. This single index consolidates most Staffordshire wills of the various probate court jurisdictions from 1514-1652 for the Diocese of Lichfield and to 1790 for Staffordshire smaller peculiar courts. [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=4zYEAAAAIAAJ] | |||
Did you find a reference to a probate record? | Did you find a reference to a probate record? | ||
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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/ Vision of Britain] | ||
The gazetteer will either tell you: | The gazetteer will either tell you: | ||
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==== Step 3. Identify court jurisdictions by parish ==== | ==== Step 3. Identify court jurisdictions by parish ==== | ||
Once you have identified the parish where your ancestor lived or died, learn which courts had jurisdiction over it then search indexes for those courts. Every town and parish in Shropshire fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. | Once you have identified the parish where your ancestor lived or died, learn which courts had jurisdiction over it then search indexes for those courts. Every town and parish in Shropshire fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. For a list of Shropshire parishes and the pre-1858 ecclesiastical courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, click on a letter link for the name of a parish: | ||
For a list of Shropshire parishes and the pre-1858 ecclesiastical courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, click on a letter link for the name of a parish: | |||
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| [[Shropshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes A|A]] | | [[Shropshire Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes A|A]] | ||
| [[Shropshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes B through E|B-E]] | | [[Shropshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes B through E|B-E]] | ||
| [[Shropshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes F through P|F-L]] | | [[Shropshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes F through P|F-L]] | ||
| [[Shropshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes M through P|M-P]] | | [[Shropshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes M through P|M-P]] | ||
| [[Shropshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes Q through Z|Q-Z]] | | [[Shropshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes Q through Z|Q-Z]] | ||
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==== Step 4. Obtain a copy of the probate record ==== | |||
<br> | Once you have found an index reference to a probate, obtain a copy of the record. Do so by one of these methods: | ||
*{{FSC|England, Shropshire - Probate records|subject|subject-id=1563615120|disp=Shropshire 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. | |||
== Shropshire Probate Courts == | == Shropshire Probate Courts == | ||
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[[Category:Shropshire]] | [[Category:Shropshire Probate Records]] | ||
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