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Once you have identified the parish where your ancestor lived or died, learn which courts had jurisdiction over it then search indexes for those courts. Every town and parish in Sussex fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. Click on a link below for the letter the parish begins with. | Once you have identified the parish where your ancestor lived or died, learn which courts had jurisdiction over it then search indexes for those courts. Every town and parish in Sussex fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. Click on a link below for the letter the parish begins with. | ||
To see | To see a list of Northumberland places and the pre-1858 ecclesiastical courts that jurisdiction over them, click on a letter link: | ||
[[Northumberland Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes A|A]], [[Northumberland Probate Jurisdictions for Places Beginning with B and C|B-C]], | [[Northumberland Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes A|A]], [[Northumberland Probate Jurisdictions for Places Beginning with B and C|B-C]], [[Northumberland Probate Jurisdictions for Places Beginning with D through J|D-J]], [[Northumberland Probate Jurisdictions for Places Beginning with K through R|K-R]], [[Northumberland Probate Jurisdictions for Places Beginning with S through Z|S-Z]]<br> | ||
<br> | ==== Step 4. Obtain a copy of the probate record ==== | ||
Once you have found an index reference to a probate, obtain a copy of the record. Do so by one of these methods: | |||
*Visit or contact the record office that has the original records in its collection. | |||
*Visit the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHL/frameset_library.asp Family History Library] or a [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp family history center] and obtain a copy of the record on microfilm. For more information, click on a court name below. <br> | |||
== Northumberland Probate Courts == | == Northumberland Probate Courts == | ||