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*Essex County Record Office's outstanding wills index from [http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/default.asp early to 1857] consolidates into one single index, the county's wills. | *Essex County Record Office's outstanding wills index from [http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/default.asp early to 1857] consolidates into one single index, the county's wills. | ||
<br> | The Essex County Record Office compiled and published a complete surname index covering wills and administrations from the '''''first eight'' '''Essex County probate court jurisdictions listed above (through the Liberty of Sokens). The index is available in three volumes online through the National Wills Index and in book form at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City: | ||
*Emmison, F. G., ed. ''[Index to] Wills at Chelmsford''. London: s.n., 1961, by the British Record Society. Digital versions online at [http://www.origins.net/NWIWelcome.aspx National Wills Index] ($); {{FHL|247479|title-id|disp=FHL Book 942 B4b v. 78, 79, 84; microfilms 0962739 and 0962740; microfiche 6073796, 6073797, and 6073802}}. | |||
*Transcriptions of Essex wills from various probate court jurisdictions at <br>[http://linux02.lib.cam.ac.uk/earlscolne/probate/index.htm http://linux02.lib.cam.ac.uk/earlscolne/probate/index.htm]. | |||
Always re-visit these websites as new, updated data may periodically be posted online. | Always re-visit these websites as new, updated data may periodically be posted online. | ||
If the indexes on the Internet do not produce possible wills for your ancestors, look in the '''published indexes '''listed here. | If the indexes on the Internet do not produce possible wills for your ancestors, look in the '''published indexes '''listed here. | ||
Other printed indexes are found listed on the court pages. '''Click on the court name links above.''' | Other printed indexes are found listed on the court pages. '''Click on the court name links above.''' | ||