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==== Step 2. Identify when and where your ancestor died ==== | ==== Step 2. Identify when and where your ancestor died ==== | ||
Determine ''when'' your ancestor died. | Determine ''when'' your ancestor died. If you aren't sure, use an approximate date. | ||
Determine ''where'' your ancestor died. It is easier to find a probate record if you know whether the place where your ancestor lived or died is a [[P genealogical glossary terms|parish]]. To learn whether it is a parish, look it up in a gazetteer. Here is a link to the 1872 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' online: | Determine ''where'' your ancestor died. It is easier to find a probate record if you know whether the place where your ancestor lived or died is a [[P genealogical glossary terms|parish]]. To learn whether it is a parish, look it up in a gazetteer. Here is a link to the 1872 ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' online: | ||
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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 Sussex 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. | 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 Sussex 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. | ||
To see a list of Northumberland | To see a list of Northumberland places and the pre-1858 ecclesiastical courts that jurisdiction over them, click on a letter link: | ||
[[Northumberland Probate Jurisdictions, Parishes A|A]], [[Northumberland Probate Jurisdictions for Places Beginning with B and C|B-C]], [[Northumberland Probate Jurisdictions for Places Beginning with D through J|D-J]], [[Northumberland Probate Jurisdictions for Places Beginning with K through R|K-R]], [[Northumberland Probate Jurisdictions for Places Beginning with S through Z|S-Z]]<br> | |||
==== Step 4. Obtain a copy of the probate record ==== | ==== Step 4. Obtain a copy of the probate record ==== | ||
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== Northumberland Probate Courts == | == Northumberland Probate Courts == | ||
The following ecclesiastical courts had some probate jurisdiction over the towns and parishes of Northumberland before 1858: | The following ecclesiastical courts had some probate jurisdiction over the towns and parishes of Northumberland before 1858: | ||
*[[Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)|Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)]] | *[[Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)|Court of the Bishop of Durham (Episcopal Consistory)]] | ||
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