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Wills on Kent Country Council Wills & FamilySearch
« on: Thursday 02 May 24 11:56 BST (UK) »
NORTON (Kent), KEECH (Dorset), MOOR / MOORE (Kent), HOCKING (Dorset / Somerset), LEVI (City of York), SANDWELL (Kent), CHAFFIN  (Dorset / Somerset), STRONG (Dorset)

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Re: Wills on Kent Country Council Wills & FamilySearch
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 02 May 24 15:47 BST (UK) »
I couldn't open the Family Search link.

There are two main sets of wills in Kent, East Kent (Canterbury) and West Kent (Rochester).
Mead - Herts, Bucks, Essex
Pontifex - Bucks
Goldhurst - London, Middx, Herts
Kellogg/Kelhog - Essex, Cambs

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Re: Wills on Kent Country Council Wills & FamilySearch
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 02 May 24 16:44 BST (UK) »
I can open the first link, it is an index for Canterbury Probate Records (1396-1858).  I can't open the 2nd link though, I am registered with familysearch and it is telling me - page not found
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Re: Wills on Kent Country Council Wills & FamilySearch
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 02 May 24 17:23 BST (UK) »
Hope this link works

https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index?owc=waypoints  Sorry it doesn't  ???

The wills can only be viewed at LDS Family History Centres
Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
 All UK census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: Wills on Kent Country Council Wills & FamilySearch
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 02 May 24 17:56 BST (UK) »
That's interesting. Here is the webpage one step back and here's a capture of the menu I get regarding the Kent wills via  pressing browse images hyperlink on the webpage.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1949814

The reason to ask is if the familyseach wills are the same set as the Kent Country Council Wills - Is that I would purchase the Kent Country Council Wills since they are already indexed and very easy to search.

But if the FamilySearch Wills are in-fact a different set, I'll need to pop down to an LDS centre to manually browse the thousands of images..... And hopefully, make new discoveries.  :)

I was hoping someone might know beforehand since it takes a long time to manually browse the FS images. And the challenge of deciphering on-the-go.
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Re: Wills on Kent Country Council Wills & FamilySearch
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 02 May 24 18:10 BST (UK) »
Have you looked at the will transcripts on Maureen Rawson's website?

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/genealogy/wills.html
Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
 All UK census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: Wills on Kent Country Council Wills & FamilySearch
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 02 May 24 18:19 BST (UK) »
Yes, a great source that I often contribute to after deciphering a Will.
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Re: Wills on Kent Country Council Wills & FamilySearch
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 02 May 24 18:37 BST (UK) »
Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
 All UK census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: Wills on Kent Country Council Wills & FamilySearch
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 02 May 24 19:28 BST (UK) »
Your first link for the Canterbury wills is on Kent County Council (not Country) Archives web pages.  Does it mention if there is a charge for seeing the wills
Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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