Norfolk and Suffolk Norwich wills online at familysearch - guides?

[melba_schmelba]

It seems Norwich Consistory Court, Archdeaconry, and other peculiar wills are now viewable online, despite Norfolk Archives making no mention of this whatsoever! Does anyone know if there is a guide as to how to find these using references from the NRO catalogue, or could anyone give any pointers?

http://nrocat.norfolk.gov.uk/DServe/public/searches/nroprobate.htm

I assume these are two of the correct links, perhaps there are others?

Norwich CC Wills
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/278818?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Norwich CC Inventories
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/578058?availability=Family%20History%20Library

[jonw65]

Hi
Yes, you have two of the correct links there.
If we take the will of Samuel Bush as an example, on NROCAT it says
Busshe (Bush), Samuel, clerk, of Ringland   1626   NCC will register Mittings 136

So select the film for 1626 by clicking on the camera icon. 136 is going to be the the folio that the will should be found on. Usually is written top right corner.  So they are quite easy to find.
If there are two or more register books on the film there may be of course be more than one folio 136.

I think most of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk wills are locked up though.
John

[melba_schmelba]

Thanks Jon, very helpful. I have found several more links, most of which no longer seem to be locked to Family History Centers. Confusingly there seem to be some duplicates and overlaps - i.e. in the case of the link above described as 'Episcopal Consistory Court, Archdeaconry of Norwich' wills we have this duplicate below, and also some seeming duplicates in the Archdeaconry records:

Norwich consistory wills, 1703-1857
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/410095?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Then Archdeaconry Court:

Will registers for the Archdeaconry of Norwich, 1538-1857
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/625392?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Wills and administrations, 1469-1857 Archdeaconry of Norwich. Court
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/504379?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Wills and administrations, 1459-1857. Archdeaconry of Norfolk. Court POST UPDATE: Most wills are locked
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/291384?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Probate inventories, 1674-1825 Archdeaconry of Norwich
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/625371?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Administration bonds and act books for the Court of the Archdeaconry of Norwich., 1660-1763
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/482770?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Dean and Chapter of Norwich Peculiar Court:

Probate records, 1572-1857 Dean and Chapter of Norwich. Peculiar Court (couple reels not yet digitized)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/300958?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Administration bonds for the Dean and Chapter of Norwich Diocese, 1706-1735
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/488738?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Probate records and marriage licence bonds, 1291-1944. Dean and Chapter of Norwich. Peculiar Court
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/625447?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Castle Rising and Great Cressingham Peculiar Courts:

Probate records, 1624-1720. Peculiar Court (Castle-Rising)
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/475197?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Probates and marriage bonds for the Peculiar of Great Cressingham, 1675-1760
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/625422?availability=Family%20History%20Library

General Catalogue?

Catalogues of Archdeaconry and Peculiar records. Norfolk Record Office
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/625557?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Norwich Consistory Court Administrations:

Calender of Norwich consistory administrations, 1519-1858
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/417217?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Norwich consistory administrations index, 1519-1588
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/709988?availability=Family%20History%20Library

[rosie99]

It is always possible that they are only temporarily 'unlocked'  this happened elsewhere a few weeks ago on FS and they were locked again without prior warning.

[melba_schmelba]

It is always possible that they are only temporarily 'unlocked'  this happened elsewhere a few weeks ago on FS and they were locked again without prior warning.

I hope not Rosie . It seems more and more parish registers and wills are online for everyone now at familysearch. This is a link to explain all the different courts at Norfolk Archives

https://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/Help-with-your-research/Family-history/Wills-and-probate/Church-Courts---probate-records-before-11-January-1858

[jonw65]

I'm going to add this one, but better not to tell anyone else about it
Norwich District probate registry wills, 1858-1925
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1023004?availability=Family%20History%20Library

[rosie99]

See reply 12 and following posts about the Northumberland records that were there and then they were not 
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=797637.9

I would be saving everything I could find while they are there just in case

[jonw65]

Also, for images of Norfolk wills 1800 to 1857
http://www.norfolksources.norfolk.gov.uk/DserveNS/

See reply 12 and following posts about the Northumberland records that were there and then they were not 
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=797637.9

That was a happy day. Since then I have been finding that Sussex records (images) can sometimes be downloaded from FamilySearch. Change of policy or continuing glitch?

[rosie99]

Thanks John, I was beginning to think it was me with Sussex records so I will go and have another look at them.