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1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry. | 1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry. | ||
2. Proceed to "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court. Also see " | 2. Proceed to "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court. Also see "FamilySearch Library Records." | ||
3. Contact or visit the Cambridgeshire County Record Office or hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers. | 3. Contact or visit the Cambridgeshire County Record Office or hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers. | ||
4. Visit The [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library | 4. Visit The [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library FamilySearch Library], or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records; then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search more quickly the original wills and admons also on microfilm via any [[Introduction to Family History Centers|centers]] near you. | ||
== Indexes == | == Indexes == | ||
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==== Printed and Published Indexes ==== | ==== Printed and Published Indexes ==== | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library has copies of the following: | ||
*Calendar of wills, 1615-1858, on {{FSC|374857|title-id|disp=film number 187854}} | *Calendar of wills, 1615-1858, on {{FSC|374857|title-id|disp=film number 187854}} | ||
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The | The FamilySearch Library has copies of the following: | ||
*{{FSC|374857|title-id|disp=Registered copy wills 1479-1645, 1663-1678, 1690-1857}} | *{{FSC|374857|title-id|disp=Registered copy wills 1479-1645, 1663-1678, 1690-1857}} | ||
Revision as of 17:53, 8 December 2022
Step by Step[edit | edit source]
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry.
2. Proceed to "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court. Also see "FamilySearch Library Records."
3. Contact or visit the Cambridgeshire County Record Office or hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers.
4. Visit The FamilySearch Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records; then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search more quickly the original wills and admons also on microfilm via any centers near you.
Indexes[edit | edit source]
Online Indexes[edit | edit source]
Printed and Published Indexes[edit | edit source]
The FamilySearch Library has copies of the following:
- Calendar of wills, 1615-1858, on film number 187854
- Index to Admon Bonds, 1662-1688, on film number 187904
- Index to inventories, 1607-1857, on film number 187855
- Calendars of Huntingdonshire wills, 1479-1652, compiled by W. M. Noble
Records[edit | edit source]
Archive Location[edit | edit source]
The records for this court are held at the Cambridgeshire County Record Office.
Archive Records[edit | edit source]
Add information.
FamilySearch Library Records[edit | edit source]
The FamilySearch Library has copies of the following:
- Registered copy wills 1479-1645, 1663-1678, 1690-1857
- Original wills 1631, 1646-1649, 1652, 1661-1662, 1679-1689
- Admon act books 1559-1614, 1691-1857
- Admon bonds 1662-1688
Films can be viewed in the library or in a family history center.
Jurisdiction[edit | edit source]
All of Huntingdonshire except for the prebendal courts. From 1479-1609, this court also had jurisdiction over 77 parishes in Hertfordshire and Everton in Bedford.