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== Getting Started == | == Getting Started == | ||
Follow these steps to look for a | Before 1858, every town and parish in Northamptonshire fell under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of one or more courts. Follow these steps to look for a record.<br> | ||
#Discover when and where your ancestor died. If you don’t know, use the approximate date and place where they lived. <br> | #Discover when and where your ancestor died. If you don’t know, use the approximate date and place where they lived. <br> | ||
#Go to the Parishes and Their Court Jurisdictions section below.<br> | #Go to the Parishes and Their Court Jurisdictions section below.<br> | ||
#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> | #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> | ||
#Follow the steps at the top of the table to search for a will. | #Follow the steps at the top of the table to search for a will.<br> | ||
Each parish has a primary court, meaning that it’s the first place to look. There are also secondary courts, meaning addition courts to search. To see a list of the primary and secondary courts for each parish in Northamptonshire, click on the beginning letter of your parish. | |||
== Parishes and Their Court Jurisdictions == | |||
Each parish has a primary court, meaning that it’s the first place to look. There are also secondary courts, meaning addition courts to search. To see a list of the primary and secondary courts for each parish in Northamptonshire, click on the beginning letter of your parish. | |||
To see a list of the | |||
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== Northamptonshire Probate Courts == | == Northamptonshire Probate Courts == | ||
The names of the courts with jurisdiction over Northamptonshire are: | |||
*[[Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton]] | *[[Court of the Archdeaconry of Northampton]] | ||
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Beginning in 1858, authority over probate matters was taken from ecclesiastical courts and put under the civil authority of the Principal Probate Registry. For more information about these records, and how to find, read [[Principal Probate Registry]].<br> | Beginning in 1858, authority over probate matters was taken from ecclesiastical courts and put under the civil authority of the Principal Probate Registry. For more information about these records, and how to find, read [[Principal Probate Registry]].<br> | ||
== Probate Indexes Online == | == Probate Indexes == | ||
==== Online Indexes ==== | |||
Before looking for a will, you should search an index. | Before looking for a will, you should search an index. | ||
The Northamptonshire and Rutland Probate Index has been created by Kay Collins, a volunteer at the Northampton Record Office, partially assisted by several others, from several of the earlier indices of probate records held in the Northampton Record Office. This composite index was commenced in 1997 and the records in this database include all work done up to 2005. The project is now largely complete (errors and omissions excepted) and this database may be updated at a future date with corrections and/or omissions. Go to [http://www.northants-familytree.net/northants%20wills%201853-1857.html Northants Wills/Admons Proved 1853-1857].[http://www.northants-familytree.net/northants%20wills%201853-1857.html] | The Northamptonshire and Rutland Probate Index has been created by Kay Collins, a volunteer at the Northampton Record Office, partially assisted by several others, from several of the earlier indices of probate records held in the Northampton Record Office. This composite index was commenced in 1997 and the records in this database include all work done up to 2005. The project is now largely complete (errors and omissions excepted) and this database may be updated at a future date with corrections and/or omissions. Go to [http://www.northants-familytree.net/northants%20wills%201853-1857.html Northants Wills/Admons Proved 1853-1857].[http://www.northants-familytree.net/northants%20wills%201853-1857.html] <br> | ||
== | ==== Filmed Indexes ==== | ||
*Church of England. Archdeaconry of Northampton. Court Probate records, 1467-1877 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=350023&disp=Probate+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0] | *Church of England. Archdeaconry of Northampton. Court Probate records, 1467-1877 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=350023&disp=Probate+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0] | ||