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=== Starting Your Search in Indexes === | === Starting Your Search in Indexes === | ||
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the | 1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the index entry. | ||
2. | 2. Click on a court name above to learn more about the records. | ||
3. Contact or visit the Chester Record Office, | 3. Contact or visit the [http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/recoff/ Chester Record Office], ''OR'' you may use their [http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/Recordoffice/shop/recoffrequestres.htm research service] to obtain a copy of a record. | ||
4. Visit | 4. Visit the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHL/frameset_library.asp Family History Library], or one of its 4,500 satellite [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp family history centers] worldwide, and obtain a copy of the probate record from microfilm. | ||
==== Probate Indexes Online 1492-1940 ==== | ==== Probate Indexes Online 1492-1940 ==== | ||
Before looking for a will, | Before looking for a will, search the comprehensive and county-wide [http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/Recordoffice/Wills/ Wills index] compiled by the Cheshire local government. This index covers the years 1492-1940 and contains 130,000 entries. It covers probate documents proved at Chester mainly for Cheshire residents. | ||
This index covers the years 1492 - 1940 and contains 130,000 entries. It covers probate documents proved at Chester mainly for Cheshire residents. | |||
The following website specifically covers the parishes of Disley, Lyme Handley; Taxal & Whaley in Cheshire: <br>[http://www.disley.net http://www.disley.net] | The following website specifically covers the parishes of Disley, Lyme Handley; Taxal & Whaley in Cheshire: <br>[http://www.disley.net http://www.disley.net] | ||
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==== Printed Indexes ==== | ==== Printed Indexes ==== | ||
The original will indexes for the [[Court of the Bishop of Chester (Episcopal Consistory)]] for 1545-1858 are available in print by both the Lancashire & Cheshire Record Society and the Chetham Society. These two large publications series cover both Cheshire and Lancashire counties. These volume series are often available at many major archives in the United Kingdom such as at the British Library, and Guildhall Library, London, and other like institutions. The Family History Library likewise has most all of these volumed indexes in these series available. See these under the Courts section (above). | |||
==== Original Handwritten Indexes ==== | |||
==== | [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1061472&disp=Wills+and+other+probate+records+proved+i%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Indexes] and calendars to the Probate Acts of Wills and Administrations (Admons) exist from 1492-1857 and were created as the probate records were filed. | ||
Calendars are a kind of index (arranged by the first letter of each surname) to the probate records and admons (administrations). | |||
==== Microfilmed Indexes at the Family History Library ==== | ==== Microfilmed Indexes at the Family History Library ==== | ||