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 ENGLAND - COURT RECORDS
-Chancery Court records are held at The National Archives.<br><br>'''Chancery Calendars, Indexes and Abstracts<br>'''<br>Some of the Chancery court records have been indexed. See the article by Ron Hill in the “Helpful Guides” section below to see a list of indexes for different time periods. Also, two of The National Archives Research Guides “Chancery Proceedings: Equity Suits from 1558" and “Chancery Proceedings: Equity Suits before 1558” list the records and what records have been&nbsp;indexed.<br><br>The&nbsp;National Archives website has available the “[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/equity/ Equity Pleadings Database]”, which includes part of the C6 class of records and is searchable by name or place. Also, some of these records have been indexed in The National Archives [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/Default.asp?j=1 Catalogue]. Search the Catalogue on the National Archives website with an ancestor's surname in the "Word or Phrase" field and the letter C in the "Department or Series code" field. <br><br>Two men, Charles Allen Bernau and George Frederick Tudor Sherwood, have both complied calendars and indexes to chancery material. Family History Library has the&nbsp;Bernau Collection and Sherwood Collection. You may search the Family History Library Catalog by Place under&nbsp;England - Court Records - Indexes or England - Court Records or do a Keyword search for Bernau and Sherwood.
+Chancery Court records are held at The National Archives.<br><br><u>''Chancery Calendars, Indexes and Abstracts''</u>'''''<br>'''''<br>Some of the Chancery court records have been indexed. See the article by Ron Hill in the “Helpful Guides” section below to see a list of indexes for different time periods. Also, two of The National Archives Research Guides “Chancery Proceedings: Equity Suits from 1558" and “Chancery Proceedings: Equity Suits before 1558” list the records and what records have been&nbsp;indexed.<br><br>The&nbsp;National Archives website has available the “[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/equity/ Equity Pleadings Database]”, which includes part of the C6 class of records and is searchable by name or place. Also, some of these records have been indexed in The National Archives [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/Default.asp?j=1 Catalogue]. Search the Catalogue on the National Archives website with an ancestor's surname in the "Word or Phrase" field and the letter C in the "Department or Series code" field. <br><br>Two men, Charles Allen Bernau and George Frederick Tudor Sherwood, have both complied calendars and indexes to chancery material. Family History Library has the&nbsp;Bernau Collection and Sherwood Collection. You may search the Family History Library Catalog by Place under&nbsp;England - Court Records - Indexes or England - Court Records or do a Keyword search for Bernau and Sherwood.
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+&nbsp;<u>''''Helpful Guides''''''''</u>
-'''Helpful Guides'''
 In addition to the brief bibliography listed below, several volumes in the ''List and Index Society'' series, and in The National Archives ''Lists and Indexes'' series contain information about Chancery court records. Also, the publications of the Harleian Society include several volumes.<br><br>Bevan, Amanda and Andrea Duncan. ''Tracing Your Ancestors in the Public Record Office''. 4th ed. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1990. Sections 47.5-7.<br>Bernau, Charles Allen. ''Records of the Chancery Court, London''. Salt Lake City: Family History Library, 1974. Introduction by David E. Gardner.<br>FitzHugh, Terrick V.H. ''The Dictionary of Genealogy''. Totowa, New Jersey: Barnes &amp; Noble, 1895. Pages 65-8.<br>Garrett, R.E.F. ''Chancery and Other Legal Proceedings, 1714-1758''. Isle of Wight: Pinhorns, 1968. See especially introduction pages.<br>Gibbens, Lillian. "Researching English Ancestry," ''International Society for British Genealogy and Family History'', 14 (July-September 1992); 44.<br>''Guide to the Contents of the Public Record Office'' (HMSO 1963) vol. 1, pp 32-33. FHL British book 942 A2pg 1963.<br>Hill, Ronald A. “English Genealogical Research: Using Chancery Court Proceedings”. ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly''. Volume 91, No. 2, June 2007. pp. 111-138. FHL US/CAN book 973 B2ng<br>Hunter, Dean J. ''Chancery Court Records'', (manuscript, 1992), p. 2-16.<br>Lawton, Guy. "Using Bernau's Index." ''Family Tree Magazine'', December 1991, January-February 1992. One article in three parts. FHL British book 942 D25f<br>Staff. ''The Sherwood Research Collection: Register of Contents''. Salt Lake City: Family History Library, 1966-8. FHL Reg 942 D2sh.