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Before looking for a will, you should search an index. This index, [http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/heritage/index.php%7C 1540-1858], covers many parishes and places: <br> | Before looking for a will, you should search an index. This index, [http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/heritage/index.php%7C 1540-1858], covers many parishes and places: <br> | ||
<br> [http://members.iinet.net.au/~suegar/ http://members.iinet.net.au/~suegar/| This catalogue] gives access to wills and other probate records of the diocese of Salisbury which used to cover not only Wiltshire but also Berkshire (under certain circumstances) and parts of Dorset and Devon. You can search for people by name, place, occupation and date. Searching the catalogue is FREE. In addition, there are digital images for some of the documents (just over 25%) which can be viewed following on-line payment or free of charge by people visiting the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre. Wills and inventories give useful information about people’s financial status and property, and also their family relationships and friendships, which make them a wonderful resource for family and local history. | <br> [http://members.iinet.net.au/~suegar/ http://members.iinet.net.au/~suegar/| This catalogue] gives access to wills and other probate records of the diocese of Salisbury which used to cover not only Wiltshire but also Berkshire (under certain circumstances) and parts of Dorset and Devon. You can search for people by name, place, occupation and date. Searching the catalogue is FREE. In addition, there are digital images for some of the documents (just over 25%) which can be viewed following on-line payment or free of charge by people visiting the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre. Wills and inventories give useful information about people’s financial status and property, and also their family relationships and friendships, which make them a wonderful resource for family and local history. Covers Swanage, Langton Matravers, Worth Matravers, Studland, and Church Knowle parishes.<br> | ||
A calendar of wills and administrations relating to the county of Dorset : proved in the Consistory court (Dorsetshire division) of the late diocese of Bristol, 1681-1792, and in the Archdeaconry court of Dorset, 1568-1792, and in the several peculiars, 1660-1799, {{FHL|211008|title-id|disp=all now preserved at the probate registry, Blandford}} | A calendar of wills and administrations relating to the county of Dorset : proved in the Consistory court (Dorsetshire division) of the late diocese of Bristol, 1681-1792, and in the Archdeaconry court of Dorset, 1568-1792, and in the several peculiars, 1660-1799, {{FHL|211008|title-id|disp=all now preserved at the probate registry, Blandford}} | ||