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Completed Yorkshire (North Riding) Look up Requests / Re: Yorkshire Wills 1389 - 1652
« on: Monday 13 July 09 20:39 BST (UK) »
Hello Lynn
You seem to be knowledgeable about old wills and probate in Yorkshire, so I hope you don't mind the following request for ideas/help.
I have traced my family (Hill) back to a Henry Hill who married in 1639 in Kirkburton, West Riding. His likely birth years fall in a large gap in the Kirkburton parish records, so I am trying to find alternative ways of determining his parentage. One could be through any will left by his father (possibly a Richard Hill, bapt 1573) - a long shot, as there's little evidence of wealth or wealthy living in the family.
So, could you advise me as to where/how I might me able to examine wills from Kirkburton in the general period of mid 1500s to mid 1600s?
Thanks.
You seem to be knowledgeable about old wills and probate in Yorkshire, so I hope you don't mind the following request for ideas/help.
I have traced my family (Hill) back to a Henry Hill who married in 1639 in Kirkburton, West Riding. His likely birth years fall in a large gap in the Kirkburton parish records, so I am trying to find alternative ways of determining his parentage. One could be through any will left by his father (possibly a Richard Hill, bapt 1573) - a long shot, as there's little evidence of wealth or wealthy living in the family.
So, could you advise me as to where/how I might me able to examine wills from Kirkburton in the general period of mid 1500s to mid 1600s?
Thanks.