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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 "Records" (below) to determine what probate records exist for this court. Also see "Probate Records of This Court in The Family History Library".
3. Contact or visit Shropshire Record Office 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
Online Indexes
Printed and Published Indexes
Manuscript Indexes
Index 1661-1858 in the Shropshire Archaeological & Natural History Society Transactions, 4th Series, vols 12, 45, & 46
Indexes at the Family History Library
Records
Archives Location
The surviving original records are deposited at:
Shropshire Archives
Shropshire Council
Community Services, Castle Gates
Shrewsbury
Shropshire SY1 2AQ
ENGLAND
Tel 44+ (0)1743 255350
E-mail: archives@shropshire.gov.uk
Archive Records
Add information about the manuscript, printed and digital records in this location.
- Original Wills & Administrations & Inventories 1661-1858
Family History Library Records
- Original Wills, Administrations and inventories 1510-1858
- Act books (in Latin), 1674-1697, 1705-1737
- Case papers, 1679-1756
- Will register, 1707-1716
- Wills 1661-1858
Jurisdiction
This peculiar (smaller) probate court held jurisdiction over the parishes of Albrighton, Astley, Clive, and of St Mary Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
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