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| == Some Explanatory Notes on the London Court == | | == Some Explanatory Notes on the London Court == |
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| == London Parishes and Their Court Jurisdictions == | | == Post 1858 Probate Records == |
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| Here is a list of London parishes (see the Table below) from A to Z and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them (click on the letter links).
| | <br>A country-wide surname index to the records is available, so it is much easier to look for post-1857 wills. The [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=208102&disp=Calendar+of+the+grants+of+probate+and+le%20%20&columns=*,0,0 indexes] for 1858-1957 and the records for the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=517092&disp=Record+copy+wills%2C+1858%2D1925%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Principal Registry] and the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=517092&disp=Record+copy+wills%2C+1858%2D1925%20%20&columns=*,0,0 District Registries] for 1858-1925 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library. <br> |
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| Before 1858, every parish was under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts. For an alphabetical list of London City parishes and the courts that had jurisdiction over them, click on the link for the letter that a parish name begins with: [Note: This section is currently 'Under Construction"]
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| | [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes A-F|A-F]]
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| | [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes G-R|G-R]]
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| | [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes S- St A-C|S-St A-C]]
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| | [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes St D-H|St D-H]]
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| | [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes St I-S|St I-S]]
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| | [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes St T-Z|St T-Z]]
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| | [[London Probate Jurisdictions Parishes T-Z|T-Z]]
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| <br>A country-wide surname index to the records is available, so it is much easier to look for post-1857 wills. The [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=208102&disp=Calendar+of+the+grants+of+probate+and+le%20%20&columns=*,0,0 indexes] for 1858-1957 and the records for the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=517092&disp=Record+copy+wills%2C+1858%2D1925%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Principal Registry] and the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=517092&disp=Record+copy+wills%2C+1858%2D1925%20%20&columns=*,0,0 District Registries] for 1858-1925 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library. <br>
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| == Post-1857 Probate Records == | | == Post-1857 Probate Records == |