Court of the Archdeaconry of St. Albans

England Buckinghamshire Probate Records, Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studiesat Aylesbury 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
Othere indexes, available at the Hertfordshire Archives and Family History Library, include:


 * Wills at Hertford, 1415-1858 (Worldcat OCLC 188871218)
 * Index to wills of the Archdeaconries of St. Albans and Huntingdon (Hitchin), 1415-1857

The original and microfilmed records also include indexes.

Records
The original records are deposited at Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies in Hertford, England. They include:


 * Original wills and administrations, 1545-1857
 * Registered wills, 1415-1636, 1661-1857
 * Administrations bonds and acts, 1540-1665
 * Administration acts, 1557-1857
 * Probate acts, 1674-1857
 * Inventories, 1550-1764

Records have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and through family history centers. They include:


 * Probate records, 1514-1857 (a collection of the records listed above)

Jurisdiction
This court had jurisdiction over the following places in Hertfordshire:

This court also had jurisdiction over the following places in Buckinghamshire: