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Do you have ancestors from Northamptonshire and Rutland? Explore this probate index to find out if they created a will.
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Each record includes a transcript. The information contained in the records varies however you may be able to find out a combination of the following:
- First name(s)
- Last name
- Marital status
- Occupation
- Birth year
- Year
- Place
- Notes
- Series
- Type
- Book or box
- Folio or page
- Microform
- Reference
- Number
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The Northamptonshire and Rutland Probate Index has been created from several of the earlier indexes of probate records held in the Northampton Record Office. The index contains about 87,000 entries that cover the period 1462 to 1857.

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