Thursday saw me working on my Cream of the Crop column for the Spring issue of Anglo-Celtic Roots. Looking back through the past three months of the blog I found a post about a video on probate from BYU had been popular. It was the second of three. Now all three are available.
The third, about records of Ecclesiastical Probate Courts pre-1858, is just as good. If you’ve previously been frustrated trying to find wills that were dealt with by local courts prior to 1858, you’ll come away with the message that the situation continues to improve, even for the local Ecclesiastical Courts.
I recommend all three. The first two cover the Prerogative Courts of Canterbury and York pre-1858, and the Principal Probate Registry Wills, post 1857.
They are also linked, along with a ton of others, at https://fh.lib.byu.edu/classes-and-webinars/youtube-videos/