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 ==== Step 3. Identify court jurisdictions by parish&nbsp;  ====
-Before 1858, every town and parish in Sussex&nbsp;fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary or superior courts.&nbsp; If you do not find reference to a probate record for your ancestor in&nbsp;the above&nbsp;indexes, you should search a court-specific index, but to do that you must identify the courts that had jurisdiction over the place where your ancestor lived.&nbsp;Click on the letter the name of your place begins with, then follow the steps found&nbsp;there.
+Once you have identified the parish&nbsp;where your ancestor lived or died, you need to&nbsp;learn which courts had jurisdiction over it.&nbsp;Every town and parish in Sussex&nbsp;fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary&nbsp;courts.&nbsp;Click on a link below for the letter the&nbsp;parish begins with.
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