Court of the Archdeaconry of Ely

England Cambridgeshire Probate Records

Getting Started: Step by Step
1. First search each index (see below) to help you more quickly find the will, writing down each detail cited in the indexed entry. 2. Proceed to the "Probate Records Held in This Archive" (below) to determine what original probate records exist for this court. Also see "Probate Records of This Court in The Family History Library". 3. Contact or visit the Cambridge University Library or, hire a professional record searcher to view these records on your behalf. Officials may send upon request a list of record searchers. 4. Visit The Family History Library, or, one of its 4,500 satellite family history centers worldwide and search indexes to probate records; then with the information obtained from the index[es] you can search more quickly the original wills and admons also on microfilm via any centers near you.

Indexes
The original and microfilmed records listed above include indexes.

In addition, the Family History Library, and other repositories, has the following index:


 * Index of the probate records of the Court of the Archdeacon of Ely, 1513-1857

Records
The original records of this court are deposited at the Cambridge University Library in the city of Cambridge. Contact the library for assistance.

The records include:


 * Original wills, 1503-1857
 * Registered wills, 1449-1858
 * Original administrations, inventories, tuitions, etc., 1662-1858

Records are on microfilm and are available at the Cambridgeshire Archives and Local Studies service in the city of Cambridge, the Family History Libray in Salt Lake City, and through family history centers. They include:


 * Probate records, 1612-1841
 * Wills, 1489-1857

Jurisdiction
This court had jurisdiction in the following Cambridgeshire parishes: