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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. Prior to the year 1858,&nbsp;every town and parish in London 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.
+Prior to the year 1858,&nbsp;every town and parish in London fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts.&nbsp;Identify the parish in which&nbsp;your ancestor lived or died.&nbsp;This enables you to&nbsp;learn which court[s] had jurisdiction over the parish so that you may then search for indexes and the actual probate records&nbsp;(i.e.&nbsp;wills)&nbsp;for those courts. Click on a link below for the letter the parish begins with:
-For an alphabetical list of London City&nbsp;parishes and the courts that had jurisdiction over them, click on the link for the letter that a parish name begins with:
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