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For a general explanation about England probate records, click [[England Probate Records|here]]. | For a general explanation about England probate records, click [[England Probate Records|here]]. | ||
== | == Step By Step == | ||
Follow these steps to look for a probate record before 1858:<br>1. Discover when and where your ancestor died. If you don’t know, use the approximate date and place where they lived. <br>2. Go to the Court Jurisdictions section below.<br>3. Click a letter or span of letters for your place. This opens an article showing a table of places and the courts that had jurisdiction over them.<br>4. Follow the steps at the top of the table to search for a will.<br> | |||
== Indexes == | == Indexes == | ||
==== Online Indexes ==== | |||
==== Printed and Published Indexes ==== | |||
[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=237243&disp=Calendar+of+wills+and+administrations+re%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Calendar of wills and administrations relating to the counties of Devon and Cornwall proved in the Consistory court of the Bishop of Exeter, 1532-1800]<br>Some country-wide indexes are available. See the Manuscript Records subheading in [[Devonshire Probate Records]]. | [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=237243&disp=Calendar+of+wills+and+administrations+re%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Calendar of wills and administrations relating to the counties of Devon and Cornwall proved in the Consistory court of the Bishop of Exeter, 1532-1800]<br>Some country-wide indexes are available. See the Manuscript Records subheading in [[Devonshire Probate Records]]. | ||
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== Records == | == Records == | ||
Virtually all records for this court were destroyed in 1942, but don't give up until you have searched the [[Devon Probate Records|manuscript collections]] and the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]. In addition, copies of some post-1796 probates may have been deposited in the [[Estate Duty Registers]]. | ==== Archive Location ==== | ||
Virtually all records for this court were destroyed in 1942, but don't give up until you have searched the [[Devon Probate Records|manuscript collections]] and the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury]]. In addition, copies of some post-1796 probates may have been deposited in the [[Estate Duty Registers]]. | |||
==== Archive Records ==== | |||
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==== Family and Church History Records ==== | |||
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