Locating England Death and Probate Records (National Institute)

Probate Records
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
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: FHLC 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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