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 Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Somerset. Search these indexes first:
-*[http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/SussexFHGprobate.shtml http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/SussexFHGprobate.shtml]&nbsp;-- 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.&nbsp;The information recorded includes name, date&nbsp;and place.
+Before looking for a will, you should search an index. Here is a list of published indexes with broad coverage.&nbsp;(Other indexes will be found on the court pages.&nbsp; Click on the court links above.)
-*The [http://sussexrecordsociety.org/home2.asp?an=&ap= Sussex Record Society] has&nbsp;published four volumes of indexes to Sussex wills, and these&nbsp;can be viewed on&nbsp;their [http://sussexrecordsociety.org/bwills1.asp?an=&ap= website]. They are arranged by parish then by surname.&nbsp;
-*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858)].
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1565560&disp=Somerset+wills+II%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Somerset wills II pre-1858 extracted by Olive M. Moger (edited by A. J. Webb)]
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=285169&disp=Somerset+medieval+wills%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Somerset medieval wills]. Contents: v. 16 (1st ser.). 1383-1500 -- v. 19 (2nd ser.). 1501-1530, with some Somerset wills preserved at Lambeth -- v. 21 (3rd ser.) 1531-1558. "The Lambeth wills, from the archiepiscopal registers, are for 1363-1491."
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=367254&disp=Medieval+wills+from+Wells+deposited+in+t%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Medieval wills from Wells deposited in the diocesan registry, Wells, 1543 to 1546 and 1554 to 1556]
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=285201&disp=Somerset+wills+from+Exeter%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Somerset wills from Exeter]
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=288284&disp=Abstracts+of+Somersetshire+wills%2C+etc%%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Abstracts of Somersetshire wills, etc.]
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=289050&disp=Wells+wills%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Wells wills&nbsp;: arranged in parishes, and annotated]
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1188872&disp=v%2E++5+%281929%2D1931%29%20%20&columns=*,0,0 The Genealogists' magazine] - v. 5 (1929-1931) has and alphabetical list of Somerset Archdeaconry Court Wills proved at Taunton. Missing from other published lists, almost all these wills are from the 1600's see pages 328-336. <br>
+=== Online Indexes  ===
+Here is a list of online indexes.
+*[http://www.gomezsmart.myzen.co.uk/ http://www.gomezsmart.myzen.co.uk/]&nbsp; (For&nbsp;wills or&nbsp;probate on this website, look under 'Property.')
+This site is concerned with family and social history in the Hundred of Frome. This consisted of the parishes of Beckington, Berkley, Cloford, Elm, Frome Selwood, Laverton, Lullington, Marston Bigot, Nunney, Orchardleigh, Rode (Road), Rodden, Standerwick, Wanstrow, Whatley and Woolverton. It also included the adjacent Liberties of East Cranmore, Leigh upon Mendip, Mells and Witham Friary and the Peculiar of Buckland Dinham ([http://www.gomezsmart.myzen.co.uk/ see map]).&nbsp;<br>
+Information about Somerset Probate Records:<br>
+*[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/Wills.htm http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/Wills.htm]
+*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1 Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858)]
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 The [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]] also served as an appeals court.
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-== Probate Indexes  ==
-Before looking for a will, you should search an index. Here is a list of published indexes with broad coverage.&nbsp;(Other indexes will be found on the court pages.&nbsp; Click on the court links above.)
-*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1565560&disp=Somerset+wills+II%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Somerset wills II pre-1858 extracted by Olive M. Moger (edited by A. J. Webb)]
-*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=285169&disp=Somerset+medieval+wills%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Somerset medieval wills]. Contents: v. 16 (1st ser.). 1383-1500 -- v. 19 (2nd ser.). 1501-1530, with some Somerset wills preserved at Lambeth -- v. 21 (3rd ser.) 1531-1558. "The Lambeth wills, from the archiepiscopal registers, are for 1363-1491."
-*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=367254&disp=Medieval+wills+from+Wells+deposited+in+t%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Medieval wills from Wells deposited in the diocesan registry, Wells, 1543 to 1546 and 1554 to 1556]
-*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=285201&disp=Somerset+wills+from+Exeter%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Somerset wills from Exeter]
-*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=288284&disp=Abstracts+of+Somersetshire+wills%2C+etc%%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Abstracts of Somersetshire wills, etc.]
-*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=289050&disp=Wells+wills%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Wells wills&nbsp;: arranged in parishes, and annotated]
-*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1188872&disp=v%2E++5+%281929%2D1931%29%20%20&columns=*,0,0 The Genealogists' magazine] - v. 5 (1929-1931) has and alphabetical list of Somerset Archdeaconry Court Wills proved at Taunton. Missing from other published lists, almost all these wills are from the 1600's see pages 328-336. <br>
-=== Online Indexes  ===
-Here is a list of online indexes.
-*[http://www.gomezsmart.myzen.co.uk/ http://www.gomezsmart.myzen.co.uk/]&nbsp; (For&nbsp;wills or&nbsp;probate on this website, look under 'Property.')
-This site is concerned with family and social history in the Hundred of Frome. This consisted of the parishes of Beckington, Berkley, Cloford, Elm, Frome Selwood, Laverton, Lullington, Marston Bigot, Nunney, Orchardleigh, Rode (Road), Rodden, Standerwick, Wanstrow, Whatley and Woolverton. It also included the adjacent Liberties of East Cranmore, Leigh upon Mendip, Mells and Witham Friary and the Peculiar of Buckland Dinham ([http://www.gomezsmart.myzen.co.uk/ see map]).&nbsp;<br>
-Information about Somerset Probate Records:<br>
-*[http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/Wills.htm http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/Wills.htm]
-*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1 Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384-1858)]
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 == Some Explanatory Notes about the Somerset Probate Courts  ==
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 Starting in 1796, a tax or death duty was payable on estates over a certain value. Estate duty abstracts may add considerable information not found elsewhere. Estate duty indexes may help locate a will, especially in Somerset where many of the original records were destroyed. For more information, go to [[Estate Duty Records]].
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