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 Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Sussex. 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.
+The Northamptonshire and Rutland Probate Index has been created by Kay Collins, a volunteer at the Northampton Record Office, partially assisted by several others, from several of the earlier indices of probate records held in the Northampton Record Office. This composite index was commenced in 1997 and the records in this database include all work done up to 2005. The project is now largely complete (errors and omissions excepted) and this database may be updated at a future date with corrections and/or omissions. Go to [http://www.northants-familytree.net/northants%20wills%201853-1857.html Northants Wills/Admons Proved 1853-1857].[http://www.northants-familytree.net/northants%20wills%201853-1857.html] <br>
-*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)].
+Findmypast.co.uk has the index to pre-1858 probate records.
+The following link may be of help to wills and administrations. [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/other-records-collection-search-start.action?event=O Probate Index 1469-1857]&nbsp; The Northamptonshire and Rutland Probate Index has been created from several of the earlier indexes of probate records held in the Northampton Record Office. The index contains 87,058 entries that cover the period 1469 to 1857.
+Filmed Indexes available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City:
+*Church of England. Archdeaconry of Northampton. Court Probate records, 1467-1877 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=350023&disp=Probate+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
+*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=213406&disp=A+Calendar+of+wills+relating+to+the+coun%20%20&columns=*,0,0 A Calendar of wills relating to the counties of Northampton and Rutland&nbsp;: proved in the court of the Archdeacon of Northampton, 1510 to 1652.]
+*Administrations in the Archdeaconry of Northampton&nbsp;: now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Birmingham&nbsp;Contents: [pt. 1]. 1667-1710 -- pt. 2. 1711-1800 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=203000&disp=Administrations+in+the+Archdeaconry+of+N%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
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 *[[Court of the Peculiar of Nassington]]
 *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln]]
 *[[Court of the Bishop of Lincoln (Episcopal Consistory)]]
 *[[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]
-== Probate Indexes  ==
-==== Online Indexes  ====
-Before looking for a probate, it's best to search an index first.
-The Northamptonshire and Rutland Probate Index has been created by Kay Collins, a volunteer at the Northampton Record Office, partially assisted by several others, from several of the earlier indices of probate records held in the Northampton Record Office. This composite index was commenced in 1997 and the records in this database include all work done up to 2005. The project is now largely complete (errors and omissions excepted) and this database may be updated at a future date with corrections and/or omissions. Go to [http://www.northants-familytree.net/northants%20wills%201853-1857.html Northants Wills/Admons Proved 1853-1857].[http://www.northants-familytree.net/northants%20wills%201853-1857.html] <br>
-Findmypast.co.uk has the index to pre-1858 probate records.
-The following link may be of help to wills and administrations. [http://www.findmypast.co.uk/other-records-collection-search-start.action?event=O Probate Index 1469-1857]&nbsp; The Northamptonshire and Rutland Probate Index has been created from several of the earlier indexes of probate records held in the Northampton Record Office. The index contains 87,058 entries that cover the period 1469 to 1857.
-==== Filmed Indexes  ====
-*Church of England. Archdeaconry of Northampton. Court Probate records, 1467-1877 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=350023&disp=Probate+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
-*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=213406&disp=A+Calendar+of+wills+relating+to+the+coun%20%20&columns=*,0,0 A Calendar of wills relating to the counties of Northampton and Rutland&nbsp;: proved in the court of the Archdeacon of Northampton, 1510 to 1652.]
-*Administrations in the Archdeaconry of Northampton&nbsp;: now preserved in the District Probate Registry at Birmingham&nbsp;Contents: [pt. 1]. 1667-1710 -- pt. 2. 1711-1800 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=203000&disp=Administrations+in+the+Archdeaconry+of+N%20%20&columns=*,0,0]
 == Some Explanatory Notes on the courts in Northamptonshire  ==