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 *[http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutbo-ypec.htm York Peculiars Probate Index] covers over 25,000 wills proved in the fifty four peculiar courts of the Province of York in the five-hundred year period from 1383 to 1883.
 *[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/#ProbateRecords Colin Blanshard Withers] has produced a list of all known Indexes and Calendars relating to Yorkshire Probate. This is available in both Microsoft Word format (.doc) and plain text format (.txt) from his site.
-Indexes are found in archives and in the Family History Library. To find the ones in the library,
-#Go to the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp catalog].
-#Click Place Search.
-#Type York and click Search.
-#Scroll down and click the topic Probate Records--Indexes.
-#Click on the title that includes the name of&nbsp; the court and the time period.
-Many indexes are in the same catalog record as the original copies. They are not under the topic Probate-Indexes. If an index is not listed, go to the topic Probate Records.
 Did you find a reference to a probate record?