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Follow these steps to look for a probate record before 1858:<br> | Follow these steps to look for a probate record before 1858:<br> | ||
#Discover when and where your ancestor died. If you don’t know, use the approximate date and place where they lived. | #Discover when and where your ancestor died. If you don’t know, use the approximate date and place where they lived. | ||
#Go to the Court Jurisdictions section below. | #Go to the Court Jurisdictions section below. | ||
#Click a letter or span of letters for your place. This opens an article showing a table of places and the courts that had jurisdiction over them. | #Click a letter or span of letters for your place. This opens an article showing a table of places and the courts that had jurisdiction over them. | ||
#Follow the steps at the top of the table to search for a will.<br><br> | #Follow the steps at the top of the table to search for a will.<br><br> | ||
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In addition, the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] had jurisdiction over the whole of England and specifically in the following cases.<br> | In addition, the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] had jurisdiction over the whole of England and specifically in the following cases.<br> | ||
*Wealthy individuals | *Wealthy individuals | ||
*People who owned property in more than one county | *People who owned property in more than one county | ||
*Military and naval personnel | *Military and naval personnel | ||
*People who lived or owned property outside England<br> | *People who lived or owned property outside England<br> | ||