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 ==== Step 3. Identify court jurisdictions by parish  ====
-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.
+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:
-<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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