Talk:England Probate Records

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England Probate Guides The Family History Library has compiled probate guides (also called probate hand lists) for each county of England. These give the call numbers for the pre-1858 probate records (including indexes) available at the library and include maps showing the probate jurisdictions. These guides are available in booklet form at the Family History Library. They are also available on microfilm and microfiche. The table below gives the library book, film, and fiche numbers for the guides. COUNTY: FHL BOOK NUMBER: 942 S2ha (all counties) FHL FILM NUMBER: FHL FICHE NUMBER: 6026312 (all counties) Bedford No. 1 0599217 vol. 1 (1 fiche) Berkshire No. 2 0599217 vol. 2 (1fiche) Buckingham No. 3 0599217 vol. 3 (2 fiche) Cambridge No. 4 0599217 vol. 4 (1 fiche) Cheshire No. 5 0599217 vol. 5 (2 fiche) Cornwall No. 6 0599217 vol. 6 (1 fiche) Cumberland No. 7 0599217 vol. 7 (2 fiche) Derby No. 8 0599217 vol. 8 (4 fiche) Devon No. 9 0599217 vol. 9 (1 fiche) Dorset No. 10 0599217 vol. 10 (2 fiche) Durham No. 11 0599218 vol. 11 (2 fiche) Essex No. 12 0599218 vol. 12 (2 fiche) Gloucester No. 13 0599218 vol. 13 (3 fiche) Hampshire No. 14 0599218 vol. 14 (2 fiche) Hereford No. 15 0599218 vol. 15 (2 fiche) Hertford No. 16 0599218 vol. 16 (2 fiche) Huntingdon No. 17 0599218 vol. 17 (1 fiche) Kent No. 18 0599219 vol. 18 (3 fiche) Lancashire No. 19 0599219 (no fiche copy) Leicester No. 20 0599219 vol. 20 (2 fiche) Lincoln No. 21 0599219 vol. 21 (4 fiche) London/Middlesex No. 22 0599220 vol. 22 (3 fiche) Prerogative Court of Canterbury No. 23 0599220 vol. 23 (6 fiche) Norfolk No. 24 0599220 vol. 24 (2 fiche) Northampton No. 25 0599220 vol. 25 (2 fiche) Northumberland No. 26 0599220 vol. 26 (3 fiche) Nottingham No. 27 0599221 vol. 27 (3 fiche) Oxford No. 28 0599221 vol. 28 (1 fiche) Rutland No. 29 0599221 vol. 29 (2 fiche) England Probate Guides Research Guidance Version of Data: 03/08/01 2 Shropshire No. 30 0599221 vol. 30 (4 fiche) Somerset No. 31 0599221 vol. 31 (1 fiche) Stafford No. 32 0599221 vol. 32 (4 fiche) Suffolk No. 33 0599221 vol. 33 (2 fiche) Surrey No. 34 0599221 vol. 34 (1 fiche) Sussex No. 35 0599222 vol. 35 (2 fiche) Warwick No. 36 0599222 vol. 36 (3 fiche) Westmoreland No. 37 0599222 vol. 37 (1 fiche) Wiltshire No. 38 0599222 vol. 38 (2 fiche) Worcester No. 39 0599222 vol. 39 (2 fiche) Yorkshire No. 40 0599222 vol. 40 (4 fiche) The film or fiche copies may be available at a Family History Center near you. If not, they can be sent on loan to the center.