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Tracker: Goal 5: Learn about London probate, land, and court records.
Choices
ALearn about London probate and land records.
- Learn about London probate records in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: London Probate Records - Learn more about
probate records on the GenUKI London site. - Learn about London land and property in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: London Land and Property - Learn more about taxation records on the GenUKI site.
- Explore deeds by surname on the FamilyDeeds site.
- Learn about Charles Booth's London, a source for poverty maps and police notebooks from 1886-1903.
- Learn about London court records in this article.
FS—Wiki: London Court Records - Learn about records of the Old Bailey in London.
FS—Wiki: Records of the Old Bailey in London - Learn more about court records on the GenUKI site.
Court
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for probate and land records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
QUIKLinks
- AC: London, England, Wills and Probate, 1507-1858
- AC: London, England, Land Tax Records, 1692-1932
- AC: London, England, Selected Rate Books, 1684-1907
- FMP: Westminster Rate Books, 1634-1900
- AC: London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1930
- AC: London, England, Poor Law and Board of Guardian Records, 1738-1926
- AC: London, England, Poor Law School District Registers, 1852-1918
- AC: London, England, Selected Poor Law Removal and Settlement Records, 1698-1930
- AC: London, England, Poor Law Hospital Admissions and Discharges, 1842-1918
- AC: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, Poor Law Records, 1695-1921
- AC: Westminster, London, England, Poor Law Registers, 1561-1900
- AC: London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1764-1930
- AC: London, England, Newgate Calendar of Prisoners, 1785-1853
- AC: London, England, Metropolitan Police Pension Registers, 1852-1932