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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 Rutland 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. | 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 Rutland 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, every town and parish in Rutland fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court or a secondary court. For an authoritative treatise on each Rutland probate court and the parishes comprising them in pre-1858, see Anthony J. Camp's ''Wills and Their Whereabouts'', available in select locations and in the | Before 1858, every town and parish in Rutland fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court or a secondary court. For an authoritative treatise on each Rutland probate court and the parishes comprising them in pre-1858, see Anthony J. Camp's ''Wills and Their Whereabouts'', available in select locations and in the FamilySearch Library (FS Library {{FSC|413992|title-id|disp=book 942 S2wa}}). | ||
For a list of Rutland parishes and the pre-1858 courts that had jurisdictions over them, click on a link for the span of letters for the parish: [[Rutland Probate Jurisdictions Parishes A through M|A-M]] [[Rutland Probate Jurisdictions Parishes N through Z|N-Z]] | For a list of Rutland parishes and the pre-1858 courts that had jurisdictions over them, click on a link for the span of letters for the parish: [[Rutland Probate Jurisdictions Parishes A through M|A-M]] [[Rutland Probate Jurisdictions Parishes N through Z|N-Z]] | ||
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*Visit or contact the record office that has the original records in its collection. | *Visit or contact the record office that has the original records in its collection. | ||
*Visit the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog | *Visit the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Library] or a [[Introduction to Family History Centers|family history center]] and obtain a copy of the record on microfilm. For more information, click on a court name below. <br> | ||
== Rutland Probate Courts == | == Rutland Probate Courts == | ||
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