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Jane Austen’s will
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Probate documents
Catalogue reference: FO 796/208
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This record is about the Probate documents dating from 1863-1922 in the series Foreign Office: Consulate, Nagasaki, Japan: General Correspondence and Consular Court.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 796/208
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1863-1922
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Description (What the record is about)
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Probate documents
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- International
- Asia
- Wills and probate
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2284060/
Series information
FO 796
Foreign Office: Consulate, Nagasaki, Japan: General Correspondence and Consular Court...
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