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Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Worcestershire. Search these indexes first:  
Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Worcestershire. Search these indexes first:  
In addition of the indexes listed below, court-specific indexes will be found on the court pages.  Click on a court name in the list above.
"The index is arranged in alphabetical order of surname followed by the forename. Then the date of probate is cited, thus leading one to the register concerned, together with the relevant page number. It will be noted that there is some slight variation in style of the date of probate quoted. This is because this index was compiled from the existing indexes in each register and the amount of detail in each varied slightly, particularly in the first few volumes." -- from foreword.<br>[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1172760&disp=Worcestershire+wills+index%2C+1858%2D192%20%20&columns=*,0,0 CD-ROM no. 1671] at The Family History Library.


These records can cover just one parish or many parishes, covering pre-1858 probate records.&nbsp; The following is an index to these Worcestershire Peculiar Probate Court records.&nbsp; <br>
These records can cover just one parish or many parishes, covering pre-1858 probate records.&nbsp; The following is an index to these Worcestershire Peculiar Probate Court records.&nbsp; <br>
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