On 22/01/2014 17:49, moonshell wrote: > Can you explain this reference? > > Do you have Mary ADAMS will 1839 from the PCC? > (widow of Stephen) > > What is the PCC (excuse my ignorance). Excused :) Everyone has come across something they don't know. It stand for Prerogative Court of Canterbury. It was where Wills were proved. I think I'm correct in saying that where someone had property in more than one ecclesiastical jurisdiction, the PCC was where the will was proved as it was the senior court. The other main one was the Prerogative Court of York (PCY). You'll find the index to PCC wills both pre and post 1858 on Ancestry. The images are available for those pre 1858. The quality of the images I've look at has been good. They are office copies and can go over more than one page but they aren't shown as being multi page. These are from the books that used to be held at the Public Record Office in Chancery Lane prior to being moved to Kew. -- Connie http://oursalmons.wordpress.com/