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Records of the Court of Arches start in 1660. Many of this court’s records are available on microfiche and are indexed in The Index Library. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+B4b 942 B4b], v. 85.)<br>
Records of the Court of Arches start in 1660. Many of this court’s records are available on microfiche and are indexed in The Index Library. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=942+B4b 942 B4b], v. 85.)<br>


=== Locating Probate Records<br> ===
=== Locating Probate Records<br> ===


There are three steps to locating probate records.
There are three steps to locating probate records.  


* Determine when and where the will might have been proved.<br> * Determine the court or courts that had jurisdiction.<br> * Search the indexes and records of the court or courts.
*Determine when and where the will might have been proved.
*Determine the court or courts that had jurisdiction.
*Search the indexes and records of the court or courts.


=== What You Are Looking For  ===
=== What You Are Looking For  ===
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