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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&nbsp;Hampshire 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.
-<br>Before 1858, most Hampshire&nbsp;townships and parishes in Hampshire were under the probate jurisdiction of a primary or a peculiar ecclesiastical court&nbsp;and one or more secondary ecclesiastical courts.&nbsp;
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-To see a list of places in Hampshire and the pre-1858 ecclesiastical courts that had probate jurisdiction over them, click on the letter that the place name begins with:
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