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====Step 2. Identify when and where your ancestor died==== | ====Step 2. Identify when and where your ancestor died==== | ||
Determine ''when'' your ancestor died. | Determine ''when'' your ancestor died. If you aren't sure, use an approximate date. | ||
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: | 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: | ||
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====Step 3. Identify court jurisdictions by parish==== | ====Step 3. Identify court jurisdictions by parish==== | ||
Prior to the year 1858, | Prior to the year 1858, every town and parish in London fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. Identify the parish in which your ancestor lived or died. This enables you to learn which court[s] had jurisdiction over the parish so that you may then search for indexes and the actual probate records (i.e. wills) for those courts. Click on a link below for the letter the parish begins with. When you find the name of the parish, click the right-hand column[s] court links to obtain and search the original probate records of the pertinent probate court[s]: | ||
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| | | [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes A-F|A-F]] | ||
| | | [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes G-R|G-R]] | ||
| | | [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes S through St. Clement|S-St C]] | ||
| | | [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes St D-H|St D-H]] | ||
| | | [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes St I-S|St I-S]] | ||
| | | [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes St T-Z|St T-Z]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
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This list does not include parishes | This list does not include parishes in the county of Middlesex. For those parishes, go to [[Middlesex Probate Records|Middlesex Probate Records]]. | ||
====Step 4. Obtain a copy of the probate record==== | ====Step 4. Obtain a copy of the probate record==== | ||
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*[[Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division)]] | *[[Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division)]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster (Abbey)]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster (Abbey)]] | ||
*[[Court of the Deanery of the Arches of London, Croydon, Shoreham (Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury)]] | *[[Court of the Deanery of the Arches of London, Croydon, Shoreham (Peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury)]] | ||
*[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral]] | *[[Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral]] | ||
*[[Royal Peculiar Court of St Katherine's by the Tower]] | *[[Royal Peculiar Court of St Katherine's by the Tower]] | ||
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==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
Probate records of the City of London commence from as early as 1374 up to | Probate records of the City of London commence from as early as 1374 up to 1857. There are several probate court jurisdictions for the City of London, some of which hold extensive probate record coverage for the city and there are a few smaller court jurisdictions which only pertain to a small handful of parishes. | ||
If you | If you know in which parish your ancestor may have died or lived, go to the "London Parishes and Their Probate Jurisdictions" section (below) and search by parish name in order to determine the correct or most likely probate court to search, first. | ||
Next, see the above links to each London probate court jurisdictions in order to obtain further information for researching in the prime probate court | Next, see the above links to each London probate court jurisdictions in order to obtain further information for researching in the prime probate court for a will. | ||
If a search in the most likely | If a search in the most likely probate court jurisidiction proves unsuccessful, then search the next court as listed in ranked order, i.e. "no. 2", and etc. | ||
In practice, most Londoners sent their wills to the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]] and the [[Court of the Bishop of London (Episcopal Consistory)|Consistory Court of London]] from the mid 1700s to 1857. | In practice, most Londoners sent their wills to the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]] and the [[Court of the Bishop of London (Episcopal Consistory)|Consistory Court of London]] from the mid 1700s to 1857. | ||
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==Websites== | ==Websites== | ||
*[https://search.lma.gov.uk/rg_pdf_creator/index.php?research_guide=27 Wills for London, Middlesex and Surrey Before 1858] (London Metropolitan Archives Information | *[https://search.lma.gov.uk/rg_pdf_creator/index.php?research_guide=27 Wills for London, Middlesex and Surrey Before 1858] (London Metropolitan Archives Information Leaflet) | ||
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