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*Return to the [[London Probate Records]] page.
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== Step By Step  ==
== Step By Step  ==


1. First [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog search each index] (see below) to help you more quickly find the will or administration (admon), writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry.<br>2. Proceed to the "Records Held in This Archive" (below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court.<br>3. Contact or visit the Essex County Record Office or, hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers.<br>4. Visit The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library],or, one of its 4,500 satellite FamilySearch centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records; then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search more quickly the original wills and admons also on microfilm via any [[Introduction to FamilySearch Centers|centers near]] you.  
1. First [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog search each index] (see below) to help you more quickly find the will or administration (admon), writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry.<br>2. Proceed to the "Records Held in This Archive" (below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court.<br>3. Contact or visit the Essex County Record Office or, hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers.<br>4. The indexes and original records have been digitized and are available at a [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch centre or a FamilySearch affiliate library] near you.<br>


== Probate Indexes of This Court  ==
== Probate Indexes of This Court  ==
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The above calendars can be accessed by visiting The London Metropolitan Archives and Library. To view what precise probate records they hold before visiting [their archives], go to [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/results.aspx?tab=2&Page=1&ContainAllWords=St+John Access2Archives] and use their search engine for determining availability of records in The LMA.  
The above calendars can be accessed by visiting The London Metropolitan Archives and Library. To view what precise probate records they hold before visiting [their archives], go to [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/results.aspx?tab=2&Page=1&ContainAllWords=St+John Access2Archives] and use their search engine for determining availability of records in The LMA.  


==== Microfilmed Indexes at the FamilySearch Library<br>  ====
==== Indexes at the FamilySearch Library<br>  ====
 
The indexes and original records have been digitized and are available at a [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch centre or a FamilySearch affiliate library] near you.<br>
{{FSC|263013|title-id|disp=Calendars and Indexes}} of Wills and Admons (Administrations) to the Consistory Court fo the Bishop of London are available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library covering the years 1362-1857 and may be circulated to each of its satellite Family History [[Introduction to FamilySearch Centers|Centers]].
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== The Records  ==
== The Records  ==