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| Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Yorkshire. Search these indexes first: | | Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Yorkshire. Search these indexes first: |
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| *[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/SussexFHGprobate.shtml http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/SussexFHGprobate.shtml] -- compiled by the Sussex Family History Group which has transcribed the names of 12,300 individuals found in Sussex wills, including testators, executors, beneficiaries or witnesses. The information recorded includes name, date and place. | | *[http://www.uclan.ac.uk/ahss/education_social_sciences/history/probate_index.php Probate Index] related to documents covering Lancashire north of the Ribble, and parts of Cumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire, 1748-1858. |
| *The [http://sussexrecordsociety.org/home2.asp?an=&ap= Sussex Record Society] has published four volumes of indexes to Sussex wills, and these can be viewed on their [http://sussexrecordsociety.org/bwills1.asp?an=&ap= website]. They are arranged by parish then by surname. | | *[http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutbo-ypec.htm York Peculiars Probate Index] covers over 25,000 wills proved in the fifty four peculiar courts of the Province of York in the five-hundred year period from 1383 to 1883. |
| *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858)].
| | *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/#ProbateRecords Colin Blanshard Withers] has produced a list of all known Indexes and Calendars relating to Yorkshire Probate. This is available in both Microsoft Word format (.doc) and plain text format (.txt) from his site. |
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| | #Go to the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp catalog]. |
| | #Click Place Search. |
| | #Type York and click Search. |
| | #Scroll down and click the topic Probate Records--Indexes. |
| | #Click on the title that includes the name of the court and the time period. |
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| | Many indexes are in the same catalog record as the original copies. They are not under the topic Probate-Indexes. If an index is not listed, go to the topic Probate Records. |
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| Did you find a reference to a probate record? | | Did you find a reference to a probate record? |
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| == Probate Indexes<br> ==
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| Before looking for a probate record, you should search indexes. They will save you time and will provide a reference for finding a copy of the record. The following indexes cover more than one court. For indexes specific to one court, click on the name of the court to go to its Wiki page.<br>
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| *[http://www.uclan.ac.uk/ahss/education_social_sciences/history/probate_index.php Probate Index] related to documents covering Lancashire north of the Ribble, and parts of Cumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshire, 1748-1858.
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| *[http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutbo-ypec.htm York Peculiars Probate Index] covers over 25,000 wills proved in the fifty four peculiar courts of the Province of York in the five-hundred year period from 1383 to 1883.
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| *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/#ProbateRecords Colin Blanshard Withers] has produced a list of all known Indexes and Calendars relating to Yorkshire Probate. This is available in both Microsoft Word format (.doc) and plain text format (.txt) from his site.
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| Indexes are found in archives and in the Family History Library. To find the ones in the library,
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| #Go to the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp catalog].
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| #Type York and click Search.
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| #Scroll down and click the topic Probate Records--Indexes.
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| #Click on the title that includes the name of the court and the time period.
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| Many indexes are in the same catalog record as the original copies. They are not under the topic Probate-Indexes. If an index is not listed, go to the topic Probate Records.
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