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Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Dorset. Search these indexes first:  
Here are some online indexes to probate records that include individuals who lived in Dorset. Search these indexes first:  
== Probate Indexes Online  ==


Before looking for a will, you should search an index. The following index, 1540-1858, covers many parishes and places: <br>
Before looking for a will, you should search an index. The following index, 1540-1858, covers many parishes and places: <br>
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Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384 - 1858) [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1]  
Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384 - 1858) [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?CatID=6&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1]  
== Probate Indexes  ==


*A calendar of wills and administrations relating to the county of Dorset&nbsp;: proved in the Consistory court (Dorsetshire division) of the late diocese of Bristol, 1681-1792, and in the Archdeaconry court of Dorset, 1568-1792, and in the several peculiars, 1660-1799, all now preserved at the probate registry, Blandford [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=211433&disp=A+calendar+of+wills+and+administrations+%20%20&columns=*,0,0]  
*A calendar of wills and administrations relating to the county of Dorset&nbsp;: proved in the Consistory court (Dorsetshire division) of the late diocese of Bristol, 1681-1792, and in the Archdeaconry court of Dorset, 1568-1792, and in the several peculiars, 1660-1799, all now preserved at the probate registry, Blandford [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=211433&disp=A+calendar+of+wills+and+administrations+%20%20&columns=*,0,0]  
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