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==== Step 1. Search Indexes ==== | ==== Step 1. Search Indexes ==== | ||
*a brand new index for 1650-1730 for Warwickshire 14000 plus probate documents indexed at this link [http://www.staffsnameindexes.org.uk/ | *a brand new index for 1650-1730 for Warwickshire 14000 plus probate documents indexed at this link [http://www.staffsnameindexes.org.uk/ Wills and administrations]. This covers the probate court of Lichfield and Coventry which covers much of the northern and eastern half of the County of Warwick. Searches can be made by name and place name. | ||
<br>There are no known online indexes to pre-1858 probate records specifically for persons in Warwickshire. However, Warwick persons are included in the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury] which was the highest court in England, and the Bishop of Worcester Consistory Court, for which indexes are online for [http://books.google.com/books?id=7DUEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=related:LCCN01004246&source=gbs_similarbooks_s&cad=1 | <br>There are no known online indexes to pre-1858 probate records specifically for persons in Warwickshire. However, Warwick persons are included in the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury] which was the highest court in England, and the Bishop of Worcester Consistory Court, for which indexes are online for [http://books.google.com/books?id=7DUEAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=related:LCCN01004246&source=gbs_similarbooks_s&cad=1%7Conline#v=onepage&q=&f=false 1451-1652]. | ||
Did you find a reference to a probate record? | Did you find a reference to a probate record? | ||