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==== Step 1. Search Indexes ==== | ==== Step 1. Search Indexes ==== | ||
Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in London. Search these indexes first: | First search each index which you will find listed under the name of the particular probate court jurisdiction (see the "London Probate Courts" listed above) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down all details cited in the indexed entry.Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in London. Search these indexes first: | ||
*[http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutbo-acl2.htm http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutbo-acl2.htm Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index 1750-1800] | |||
*[http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/applications/wills/index.htm http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/applications/wills/index.htm Metropolitan Archives and Library Wills project] (online) - London Signatures currently includes 31,000 Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex Wills (AM/PW), covering the period 1609 -1810, and 23,500 Diocese of Winchester, Commissary for the Archdeaconry of Surrey marriage bonds (DW/MP), for the period 1673 - 1850. | |||
[http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/aboutNWI-surrwills.aspx Surrey & South London] | |||
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London | *Surrey & South London Will Abstracts1470-1856 | ||
This extraordinary collection is one of the most valuable on British Origins. It contains fully indexed abstracts of every Surrey will known to still exist, over 28,000 of them, dating from the 15th to 19th centuries; nearly all the originals are held at the London Metropolitan Archives. | |||
The abstracts include all personal names (testator, beneficiaries, executors, witnesses, overseers, and others) with their relationships, place names, occupations, monetary and other bequests, and descriptions of lands. The indexes include the names of every person mentioned - over a half of a million names - places mentioned (many outside Surrey), subjects (eg occupations) mentioned in the wills, and of dates. | The abstracts include all personal names (testator, beneficiaries, executors, witnesses, overseers, and others) with their relationships, place names, occupations, monetary and other bequests, and descriptions of lands. The indexes include the names of every person mentioned - over a half of a million names - places mentioned (many outside Surrey), subjects (eg occupations) mentioned in the wills, and of dates. | ||
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*If ''yes'', go to '''Step 4''' below. | *If ''yes'', go to '''Step 4''' below. | ||
*If ''no'', go to '''Step 2''' below. | *If ''no'', go to '''Step 2''' below. | ||
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Once you have found the name of an ancestor and the probate jurisdiction in which a will or administration (admon) was probated, next proceed to the "Probate Records of This Court" (appears below this section) to determine what original probate records exist for this court and years appertaining. | |||
3. You can also contact or visit the particualr London archives where the original records are held, or, hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon written request a list of record searchers. | |||
4. Visit The Family History 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 more quickly locate the original wills and admons which are on microfilm, via any family history centers near you. | |||
Before looking for a will, you should search an index. | |||
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==== Step 2. Identify when and where your ancestor died ==== | ==== Step 2. Identify when and where your ancestor died ==== | ||