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Beginning in 1858, the [[Principal Probate Registry|Principal Probate Registry]] had the authority for probating estates. Click on the link to learn more. | Beginning in 1858, the [[Principal Probate Registry|Principal Probate Registry]] had the authority for probating estates. Click on the link to learn more. | ||
The Principal Probate Register is a National Index that covers Lincoln. Lincolnshire also has a local court for Probate. The | The Principal Probate Register is a National Index that covers Lincoln. Lincolnshire also has a local court for Probate. The FamilySearch Library [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F1975072 has an index that covers 1858-1910 on CD]. | ||
This CD can be purchased from the [http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/index.php/publications Lincolnshire Family History Society undex CD's Miscellaneous] and covers 1700-1910 for the Consistory Court of Lincoln. | This CD can be purchased from the [http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/index.php/publications Lincolnshire Family History Society undex CD's Miscellaneous] and covers 1700-1910 for the Consistory Court of Lincoln. | ||
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*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=410 1530-1532] | *[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=410 1530-1532] | ||
FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City has these indexes available: | |||
*{{FSC|330052|subject-id|disp=Lincoln probate records-indexes}} | *{{FSC|330052|subject-id|disp=Lincoln probate records-indexes}} | ||
*{{FSC|4791|title-id|disp=Index to records of Lincoln Peculiar Courts}}, including Caistor, Louth, Heydour, Corringham, Bishop Norton, Kirton in Lindsey, Gretton, Empingham, Biggleswade and Sleaford. | *{{FSC|4791|title-id|disp=Index to records of Lincoln Peculiar Courts}}, including Caistor, Louth, Heydour, Corringham, Bishop Norton, Kirton in Lindsey, Gretton, Empingham, Biggleswade and Sleaford. | ||
*The ''Lincolnshire Wills Beneficiary Index ''covers the period approximately from 1383 to1900. It was compiled by Pam Baker from information submitted by members of the Lincolnshire Family History Society. It's an index to the names of people who appear in a will made by someone else. The | *The ''Lincolnshire Wills Beneficiary Index ''covers the period approximately from 1383 to1900. It was compiled by Pam Baker from information submitted by members of the Lincolnshire Family History Society. It's an index to the names of people who appear in a will made by someone else. The FamilySearch Library has a copy of this index on fiche numbers {{FSC|755208|title-id|disp=6393728-6393730 and 6393718-6393720}}. | ||
Did you find a reference to a probate record? | Did you find a reference to a probate record? | ||
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*Visit or contact the record office that has the original records in its collection. | *Visit or contact the record office that has the original records in its collection. | ||
*Visit the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog | *Visit the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch Library] or a [[Introduction to Family History Centers|family history center]] and obtain a copy of the record on microfilm. For more information, click on a court name below. <br>Storey, Anne M. The Rev. James Hopewell's Will. An interesting English Will that provides information on some Irish families. Names include Griffin, Holdsworth, Briggs, Kerr, Enroe, Francis, Hays, Barkwood, Robinson, Oak and Hawkland. Covers years 1773-1919, Lincoln, and Ireland Sligo. Will in The Irish Ancestor, vol. XVI, no.2, 1984, pages 8-9. FamilySearch Library Ref. 941.5 B2i | ||
== Lincolnshire Probate Courts == | == Lincolnshire Probate Courts == | ||
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After the Reformation, the archdeaonries of Bedford, Buckingham and Huntingdon remained until the period 1837-1845 when they were transferred to other dioceses. Since court records of the Bishop's Commissaries for the various Archdeaconries tended to be kept with the records of these archdeacons there is only a relatively small number of wills at Loncoln relating to the counties other than Lincolnshire.<br> | After the Reformation, the archdeaonries of Bedford, Buckingham and Huntingdon remained until the period 1837-1845 when they were transferred to other dioceses. Since court records of the Bishop's Commissaries for the various Archdeaconries tended to be kept with the records of these archdeacons there is only a relatively small number of wills at Loncoln relating to the counties other than Lincolnshire.<br> | ||
For most of the wills proved in all the courts down to 1532, printed abstracts will be found in C.W. Foster's ''Lincoln Wills'' published by the Lincoln Record Society volumes 5 (1271-1526) and 10 (1505-1530). There are further abstracts of selected items in ''Lincolnshire Wills: First Series A.D 1500-1600'' (published in 1888) and ''Lincolnshire Wills: Second Series A.D. 1600-1617 ''(published in 1891) by Canon A.R. Maddison.<ref>Camp, Anthony J. Wills and Their Whereabouts. London: published by author, 1974; page 66.</ref> The | For most of the wills proved in all the courts down to 1532, printed abstracts will be found in C.W. Foster's ''Lincoln Wills'' published by the Lincoln Record Society volumes 5 (1271-1526) and 10 (1505-1530). There are further abstracts of selected items in ''Lincolnshire Wills: First Series A.D 1500-1600'' (published in 1888) and ''Lincolnshire Wills: Second Series A.D. 1600-1617 ''(published in 1891) by Canon A.R. Maddison.<ref>Camp, Anthony J. Wills and Their Whereabouts. London: published by author, 1974; page 66.</ref> The FamilySearch Library has a copy of these volumes (FS Library {{FSC|203079|title-id|disp=942.53 P2ma; film 990132 Items 3-4}}). <br> | ||
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