Research Foundations
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Step 2: Jurisdictions
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Step 3: Civil Registration
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Step 4: Church Records
Other Record Types
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Probate Records
- Introduction to Probate Records in England and Wales
- Locating and Evaluating English and Welsh Probate Records After 1857
- Locating and Evaluating English and Welsh Probate Records Before 1858
- England Records Beyond the Grave Part 2: Probate Records
- Where There's a Will, There's a Way. A guide to English & Welsh Death, Burial, and Probate Series
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Land and Court Records