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Looking for a quick reference book on Canadian genealogy, take a look at Ryan Taylor’s The Canadian Genealogical Sourcebook.  The topics covered for each province and territory include: directories, census, wills and probate, land records, and repositories.

Where possible address, website and email are provided for the national, regional and local repositories.

What I especially like is that the Sourcebook explains how the data is recorded in each province, especially for Quebec.

This book is current out of print and might be available at used bookstore vendors.

I was extremely pleased when I found Probate Jurisdictions: Where to Look for Wills made available in the United States through Genealogical Publishing Company.

Understanding  how the court system worked in England has helped me narrow down which court I needed to look for ancestors’ court records.  The glossary further clarified some terms that I was not familiar with.

With simple maps and repository listings, I was able to track down where to look in Berkshire for probate records.