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*Determine the parish/city and the year in which your ancestor died. | *Determine the parish/city and the year in which your ancestor died. | ||
*Determine the court or courts that had jurisdiction over the parish/city. | *Determine the court or courts that had jurisdiction over the parish/city. | ||
*Search the indexes and records of the court[s] jurisdiction. | *Search the indexes and records of the court[s] jurisdiction. | ||
*The [https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/introduction-to-england-probate-records/642 Introduction to England Probate Records] training video will help you understand probates. | |||
==== What You Are Looking For ==== | ==== What You Are Looking For ==== | ||
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Ecclesiastical jurisdictions, which help determine the court, are given in Samuel Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of England (see the [[England Gazetteers|Gazetteers]] article) and Frank Smith’s ''A Genealogical Gazetteer of England''. | Ecclesiastical jurisdictions, which help determine the court, are given in Samuel Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of England (see the [[England Gazetteers|Gazetteers]] article) and Frank Smith’s ''A Genealogical Gazetteer of England''. | ||
For more information, see sections below: Indexes; and Finding Records in the Family History Library. | For more information, see sections below: Indexes; and Finding Records in the Family History Library. | ||
== Principal Probate Registry == | == Principal Probate Registry == | ||