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 ''[[England]]&nbsp;[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cambridgeshire]]''
-The following article is about probate records in the county of Cambridgeshire. For general information about English probate records, click [[England Probate Records|here]].
+== Getting Started  ==
+''Probate'' is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. Probate records include [[W genealogical glossary terms|wills]] and [[A genealogical glossary terms|administrations]]. This article is about probate records in Cambridgeshire. For a general description of England probate records, click [[England Probate Records|here]].
+=== 1858 to the Present  ===
-== Description  ==
+Beginning in 1858, the [[Principal Probate Registry|Principal Probate Registry]] had the authority for probating estates. Click on the link to learn more.
-''Probate'' is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. The term ''probate'' refers to a collection of documents, including [[W genealogical glossary terms|wills]], [[A genealogical glossary terms|administrations]] (also called admons), [[I genealogical glossary terms|inventories]], and [[A genealogical glossary terms|act books]]. The Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process until to 1858. This article explains about probates and how to get started to search for a will.
+=== Before 1858  ===
-Beginning in 1858, authority over probate matters was taken from ecclesiastical courts and put under the civil authority of the Principal Probate Registry. The '''Probates After 1857'''&nbsp;section below has a link to an article about probates after 1857.
+Before 1858, Church of England ecclesiastical courts had authority for this process. To search for a pre-1858 probate record in Cambridgeshire, follow these steps:
-== Getting Started  ==
+==== Step 1. Search Indexes  ====
+Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Cambridgeshire. 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 [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)].
+Did you find a reference to a probate record?
+*If ''yes'', go to '''Step 4''' below.
+*If ''no'', go to '''Step 2''' below.
+==== Step 2. Identify when and where your ancestor died  ====
+Determine ''when'' your ancestor died.&nbsp;If you aren't sure, use an approximate date.&nbsp;
+Determine ''where'' your ancestor died. It is easier to find a probate record if you know whether the place where your ancestor lived or died is a [[P genealogical glossary terms|parish]]. To learn whether it is a parish, look it up in a gazetteer. Here is a link to the 1872 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' online:
+*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/index.jsp Vision of Britain]
+The gazetteer will either tell you:
-Follow these steps to look for a probate record before 1858:<br>
+*A place is a parish, or
+*What parish it is a part of, or
+*What place it is near.
-#Discover when and where your ancestor died or use the approximate date and the place where they lived. <br>
+If the latter, look that place up in the gazetteer and see if it is a parish.
-#Search any indexes listed below in the Indexes section.<br>
-#If you did not find any likely entries in the indexes, then complete the following steps:<br>
-*Go to the Court Jurisdictions by Parish section below.
+Once you have identified the parish, go to '''Step 3'''.
-*Click a letter or span of letters for your place. This opens an article showing a table of places and the courts that had jurisdiction over them.
-*Follow the steps at the top of the table to search for a will.<br>
-<br>
+==== Step 3. Identify court jurisdictions by parish  ====
-== Court Jurisdictions by Parish<br> ==
+Once you have identified the parish where your ancestor lived or died, learn which courts had jurisdiction over it then search indexes for those courts. Every town and parish in Cambridgeshire fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. Click on a link below for the letter the parish begins with.
-Before 1858, probate of the estates of deceased persons was handled by eccelesiastical courts of the Church of England.&nbsp; Every parish was under the jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts.
+<br>Before 1858, probate of the estates of deceased persons was handled by eccelesiastical courts of the Church of England.&nbsp; Every parish was under the jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts.
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