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== Resources  ==
== Resources  ==


*''[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/probate-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0&event=P Probate and Wills Records Collection 1462-1858]'' - [[Findmypast.co.uk]]
*''[http://www.findmypast.co.uk/probate-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0&event=P Probate and Wills Records Collection 1462-1858]'' - [[Findmypast.co.uk]]  
*For countywide links to online and other indexes, and step by steps, see wiki.familysearch.org under county name, and "Probate records"<br>  
*For countywide links to online and other indexes, and step by steps, see wiki.familysearch.org under county name, and "Probate records"<br>  
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/wills-and-probate.htm ''Online will and probate records''] - [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm The National Archives]  
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/wills-and-probate.htm ''Online will and probate records''] - [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm The National Archives]  
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*''[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1610 UK, Extracted Probate Records]'' - [[Ancestry.co.uk]]*[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/probate-calendars-of-england-and-wales-1858-1959?corps=brads Probate Calendars, 1858-1959] -&nbsp; search engine is prohibitively restrictive and quirky; it is advised to use Ancestry's database, instead.  
*''[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1610 UK, Extracted Probate Records]'' - [[Ancestry.co.uk]]*[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/probate-calendars-of-england-and-wales-1858-1959?corps=brads Probate Calendars, 1858-1959] -&nbsp; search engine is prohibitively restrictive and quirky; it is advised to use Ancestry's database, instead.  
*''[[England Cheshire Probate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|England Cheshire Probate Records]]'' - [[FamilySearch Historical Record Collections|FamilySearch.org]]  
*''[[England Cheshire Probate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|England Cheshire Probate Records]]'' - [[FamilySearch Historical Record Collections|FamilySearch.org]]  
*''[[England Oxford, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Probate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|England Oxford, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Probate Records]]'' - [[FamilySearch Historical Record Collections|FamilySearch.org]]
*''[[England Oxford, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Probate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|England Oxford, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Probate Records]]'' - [[FamilySearch Historical Record Collections|FamilySearch.org]]  
*[http://www.haine.org.uk/wills/willsearch.php Probate Registry (microfilm) index lookup] (by surname and post-1858 county/registry)]  
*[http://www.haine.org.uk/wills/willsearch.php Probate Registry (microfilm) index lookup] (by surname and post-1858 county/registry)]  
*[http://www.kctrust.co.uk/probate-registry Probate Registry] - Kings Court Trust  
*[http://www.kctrust.co.uk/probate-registry Probate Registry] - Kings Court Trust  
*See: Wills, Probates and Testaments with drop down [http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/user/subscriptions.php The Genealogist.co.uk]  
*See: Wills, Probates and Testaments with drop down [http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/user/subscriptions.php The Genealogist.co.uk]  
*[http://www.willtranscriptions.co.uk/index.htm Will Transcriptions Online]: Donated will transcriptions placed online  
*[http://www.willtranscriptions.co.uk/index.htm Will Transcriptions Online]: Donated will transcriptions placed online  
*Andrew Millard's Genealogy:&nbsp;[http://www.dur.ac.uk/a.r.millard/genealogy/probate.php Recent Indexes to English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Probate Records]: Use this site&nbsp;in conjunction with the fifth edition of ''Probate Jurisdictions: where to look for wills'' by Jeremy Gibson and Else Churchill (Federation of Family History Societies, Bury, 2002).
*Andrew Millard's Genealogy:&nbsp;[http://www.dur.ac.uk/a.r.millard/genealogy/probate.php Recent Indexes to English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Probate Records]: Use this site&nbsp;in conjunction with the fifth edition of ''Probate Jurisdictions: where to look for wills'' by Jeremy Gibson and Else Churchill (Federation of Family History Societies, Bury, 2002).<br> {{Online course badge
 
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*Look at the research wiki.familysearch.org under any county in England to see what indexes are available including those online. Example: [[Wiltshire Probate Records]], then see Step 1. Indexes can be listed there. Most counties for England have a way of looking at an index pre-1857.
*Look at the research wiki.familysearch.org under any county in England to see what indexes are available including those online. Example: [[Wiltshire Probate Records]], then see Step 1. Indexes can be listed there. Most counties for England have a way of looking at an index pre-1857.
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