U3A Kettering - Family History Group

WILLS and NON CONFORMIST

Handout notes- Wills and Non Conformist Records

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Presentation Slides with notes- Wills and Non Conformist Records

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Links from Wills notes - 

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CLICK here for an article about wills in the context of family history including the dates wills began in various counties. 

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CLICK here for another article with a huge amount of useful information about wills, again in the context of family history.

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CLICK here for PCC wills online.  

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Links from Non Conformists notes - 

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CLICK here for Northamptonshire CRO Non Conformists Records

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CLICK here for an excellent timeline specifically relating to parish registers with more explanations of relevant laws passed

 

CLICK here for Dr William’s Library. Only information page, no searchable database  

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CLICK here for Family Search Non conformist christenings and marriages including Dr Williams Library births. Records are referred to as RG4-8 which are the National Archives film numbers

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CLICK here BMDRegisters Part of The Genealogist website where you can view non parochial registers from the National Archives. 

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CLICK here Ancestry has quite a few non conformist records. Go to the Card Catalogue and type in nonconformist box into the Keyword to see the areas covered 

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CLICK here Original IGI Records (International Genealogical Index)

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