Locating England Death and Probate Records (National Institute)
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Probate Records[edit | edit source]
These include:
- administrations
- appeals or assignations
- bonds
- cause papers
- caveats
- death duty registers
- depositions
- diaries
- journals and minute books
- exhibits
- guardianships
- inventories
- limited or special grants
- monitions and commissions
- non-deposited probate records
- probate accounts
- receipts for legacies
- renunciations
- testamentary suits (for validity of a will and content of a will)
- wills
Finding Records Associated with Death[edit | edit source]
Much is available via the Family History Library Catalogue where it is updated daily. Otherwise investigate the relevant level of archive (national, county, local) for the type of record you seek, and don’t forget denominational and occupational archives and libraries as well. Further ideas can be found in Rogers.
Chart: FamilySearch Catalog Categories for Records Associated with Death
Indexes are included in a separate subheading of many of these e.g. Civil Registration - Indexes, Probate - Indexes.
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COUNTRY LEVEL England, Great Britain, Ireland, Scotland, Wales |
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Biography Cemeteries Civil Registration Court Records Merchant Marine Military Records Minorities - Obituaries Newspapers Nobility Obituaries Pensions Probate Records Taxation Vital Records |
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Biography Cemeteries Church Records Correctional Institutions Court Records Jewish Records Land and Property - Taxation Manors – Court Records Medical Records Newspapers Obituaries Orphans and Orphanages Poorhouses, Poor Law etc Probate Records Taxation |
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Biography Cemeteries Church Records Correctional Institutions Land and Property - Taxation Manors – Court Records Medical Records Newspapers Obituaries Orphans and Orphanages Poorhouses, Poor Law etc Probate Records Taxation |
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