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 [[England]]&nbsp;[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Staffordshire]]&nbsp;[[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Staffordshire Probate Records]]
 For an explanation of probate records in England, click [[England Probate Records|here.]]&nbsp;
 == Staffordshire&nbsp;Probate Courts  ==
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 == Court Jurisdictions by Parish  ==
-Before 1858, every town and parish in Staffordshire fell under the probate jurisdiction of a primary court and several secondary courts.&nbsp; When looking for the will of an ancestor, you should search the courts in the order given.&nbsp;For&nbsp;an authoritative treatise on&nbsp;each Staffordshire probate court and the parishes&nbsp;comprising them in pre-1858, see Anthony J. Camp's publication,&nbsp;''Wills and Their Whereabouts''; also available at&nbsp;the Family History Library, FHL&nbsp;book call [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=413992&disp=Wills+and+their+whereabouts%20%20&columns=*,0,0 #942 S2wa].&nbsp;Search indexes first.&nbsp; For indexes, click on the court name links above. When looking for the will of an ancestor, you should search the courts in the order given.&nbsp;&nbsp;
 Here is a list of Staffordshire parishes beginning with the letter A and the pre-1858 courts that had probate jurisdiction over them.&nbsp; For other parishes, click on a letter link: