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Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Northamptonshire. Search these indexes first: | Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Northamptonshire. Search these indexes first: | ||
*[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/probate-and-wills Online Probate Index 1469-1857] | *[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/probate-and-wills Online Probate Index 1469-1857] The Northamptonshire and Rutland Probate Index has been created from several of the earlier indexes of probate records held in the Northampton Record Office. The index contains 87,058 entries that cover the period 1469 to 1857. | ||
*[[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] | *[[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] | ||
*Index and extracts of all wills and admons of the Peculiar Court of Gretton and Duddington from Film #200,101 can be found [[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maureenbryson/gretton_and_duddington_wills.htm here.]] | *Index and extracts of all wills and admons of the Peculiar Court of Gretton and Duddington from Film #200,101 can be found [[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maureenbryson/gretton_and_duddington_wills.htm here.]] | ||
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*Church of England. Archdeaconry of Northampton. Court Probate records, 1467-1877 {{FSC|350023|title-id|disp=}} | *Church of England. Archdeaconry of Northampton. Court Probate records, 1467-1877 {{FSC|350023|title-id|disp=}} | ||
*{{FSC|213406|title-id|disp=A Calendar of wills}} relating to the counties of Northampton and Rutland: proved in the court of the Archdeacon of Northampton, 1510 to 1652. Also online at the [https://archive.org/details/calendarofwillsr01phil Internet Archive] (£Free) and at [https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/coverage/wills-probates-and-testaments/?level=gold#includes The Genealogist.co.uk] under wills probates and testaments | *{{FSC|213406|title-id|disp=A Calendar of wills}} relating to the counties of Northampton and Rutland: proved in the court of the Archdeacon of Northampton, 1510 to 1652. Also online at the [https://archive.org/details/calendarofwillsr01phil Internet Archive] (£Free) and at [https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/coverage/wills-probates-and-testaments/?level=gold#includes The Genealogist.co.uk] under wills probates and testaments | ||
*Administrations in the Archdeaconry of Northampton | *Administrations in the Archdeaconry of Northampton : now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Birmingham Contents: [pt. 1]. 1667-1710 -- pt. 2. 1711-1800 {{FSC|203000|title-id|disp=}} | ||
<br>Did you find a reference to a probate record? | <br>Did you find a reference to a probate record? | ||
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====Step 2. Identify when and where your ancestor died==== | ====Step 2. Identify when and where your ancestor died==== | ||
Determine ''when'' your ancestor died. | Determine ''when'' your ancestor died. If you aren't sure, use an approximate date. | ||
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: | ||
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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 | 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 Northamptonshire fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. Click on a link below for the letter the parish begins with. | ||
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| | | [[Northamptonshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes D through F|D-F]] | ||
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| | | [[Northamptonshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes I through M|I-M]] | ||
| | | [[Northamptonshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes N through P|N-P]] | ||
| | | [[Northamptonshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes Q through S|Q-S]] | ||
| | | [[Northamptonshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes T and U|T-U]] | ||
| | | [[Northamptonshire Probate Jurisdictions Parishes V through Z|V-Z]] | ||
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The rolls of the Burgess Court of Higham Ferrers contain the texts of many wills which were registered in respect of property there (See ''Historical Manuscripts Commission Report xii,'' appendix part 9, page 530), but the wills were actually proved in the Archdeaconry of Northampton and are found in the records of that court. | The rolls of the Burgess Court of Higham Ferrers contain the texts of many wills which were registered in respect of property there (See ''Historical Manuscripts Commission Report xii,'' appendix part 9, page 530), but the wills were actually proved in the Archdeaconry of Northampton and are found in the records of that court. | ||
The original records of the Court of the Bishop of Peterborough and the Court of the Archdeacon of Northampton are at the [https://www3.northamptonshire.gov.uk/councilservices/archives-and-heritage/northamptonshire-archives/Pages/default.aspx Northamptonshire Archives]. Those for the Courts of the Peculiar Parishes of Gretton and | The original records of the Court of the Bishop of Peterborough and the Court of the Archdeacon of Northampton are at the [https://www3.northamptonshire.gov.uk/councilservices/archives-and-heritage/northamptonshire-archives/Pages/default.aspx Northamptonshire Archives]. Those for the Courts of the Peculiar Parishes of Gretton and Nassington are at the [https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/lincolnshire-archives/ Lincolnshire Archives]. | ||
[[Category:Northamptonshire Probate Records]] | [[Category:Northamptonshire Probate Records]] | ||
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