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=== Proved in London  ===
=== Proved in London  ===


Thousands of Barbados wills and administrations were proved in London:
Hundreds of Barbados wills were proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in London:<ref>[http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp?WT.hp=Wills "The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | Wills,"] accessed 22 November 2010.</ref>


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1700-1799
Some Barbados wills and administrations proved in London have been abstracted and published multiple times. Each edition is listed here, as some are available online, while others are not. In addition, publishers included more detailed abstracts in some editions than&nbsp;others.
 
1800-1858
 
Some Barbados wills and administrations proved in London have been abstracted and published multiple times. Each edition is listed here, as some are available online, while others are not. In addition, publishers included more detailed abstracts in some editions than&nbsp;others. The 2007 edition includes a place-name index that enables users to pluck out Barbados references:


*Coldham,&nbsp;Peter Wilson. ''English Estates of American Colonists: American Wills and Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1610-1699''. Baltimore:&nbsp;Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48506 Ancestry]&nbsp;($).  
*Coldham,&nbsp;Peter Wilson. ''English Estates of American Colonists: American Wills and Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1610-1699''. Baltimore:&nbsp;Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48506 Ancestry]&nbsp;($).  
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