Wills are legal documents listing a person's wishes regarding property disposal when they die, hence are useful at providing details of other members of the family of the deceased.
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Births, Deaths, Marriages, National, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates - BMD Index |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Complete GRO indexes online & Non-Parochial BMDs service. Includes overseas BMD's for armed forces. |
| Extra Info: | Includes Pre-1837 Non-Conformist BMDs |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Anglo-Jewish Community Records from Synagogue Scribes |
| Link: | https://synagoguescribes.com/blog/ |
| Description: | Anglo-Jewish Community Records from Synagogue Scribes |
| Extra Info: | Includes some pre 1837 births, marriages, deaths, wills and other records. |
| Classification: | Obituaries, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Black Sheep Index |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20100722053825/http://w... |
| Description: | Black Sheep Index - Archived Copy |
| Extra Info: | May take a few moments to load. The black sheep index is no longer live, however this is a link to an archived copy. Note that some of the files are not available. So Do Not send money or requests for more information. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | British Settlers on Argentina and Uruguay |
| Link: | http://www.argbrit.org/ |
| Description: | British Settlers on Argentina and Uruguay |
| Extra Info: | Many of the marriage records indicate place of birth. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Cornish Probate Abstracts |
| Link: | http://webs.lanset.com/azazella/willscor_pen.html |
| Description: | Cornish Probate Abstracts 1602-1816 |
| Extra Info: | The names mentioned in each will are listed. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Cornish Wills Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury |
| Link: | http://webs.lanset.com/azazella/PCC.html |
| Description: | Cornish Wills Proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury |
| Extra Info: | Aims are to include all wills for 1383 through to 1660. Check the website for the years that have been transcribed so far. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Cornwall County Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | Cornwall County Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | Cornwall County Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes parish register extracts; Calendars of wills and administrations relating to the counties of Devon and Cornwall |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Family History Books via Family Search |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Family History Books via Family Search |
| Extra Info: | More than 40,000 digitized genealogy and family history publications from the archives of some of the most important family history libraries in the world. Read online for free. Includes some parish register transcripts. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Bishops Transcripts, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Family Search Records Collection - England |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Family Search Records Collection - England |
| Extra Info: | An increasing number of records, including census and parish records. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Genealogical Resources and Documentation |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~nmfa/genealogy/gene... |
| Description: | Genealogical Resources and Documentation |
| Extra Info: | A variety of resources, including a Norfolk will. for Thomas Cozen. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Lelant Online Resources |
| Link: | http://lelant.info/ |
| Description: | Lelant Online Resources |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | National Archives - Digital Microfilms Online |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Digital Microfilms Online |
| Extra Info: | Please read the instructions and information before downloading. Includes seaman's wills and some foreign returns of births, marriages and deaths. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | National Archives - Online Navy Records and Indexes |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Online Navy Records and Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Includes wills of Royal Navy Seamen 1786 -1882. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes (UK) |
| Extra Info: | Includes wills. Many detailed records require payment. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, Obituaries, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Newspaper Index Cards (Andrews), 1790-1976 |
| Link: | Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976 : Free Index |
| Description: | Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976 |
| Extra Info: | Features a collection of notices from newspapers and various official sources, such as the London Gazette. Approximately 250,000 cards include announcements of births, marriages, obituaries, and deaths abroad; notices of wills etc. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Open Library |
| Link: | http://openlibrary.org/ |
| Description: | Open Library - Scanned Books Online |
| Extra Info: | Includes full images of many books of transcribed parish registers. Use the search facility and select e books only. Can also search within book text easily. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Parish of St. Austell - An Account of its History |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/acornishparishb00hammgo... |
| Description: | Parish of St. Austell - An Account of its History |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes some extracts of the very early parish registers (1560's), from about page 159 and an index to some early wills. |
| Classification: | Census, Marriages, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Parish Records of Sancreed |
| Link: | https://sancreed.tripod.com/ |
| Description: | Parish Records of Sancreed and Other Information |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Parish Register Scans |
| Link: | https://ukga.org/browse.php?action=loadDB&DB=1... |
| Description: | Parish Register Scans for Various Counties |
| Extra Info: | Scans of books with parish register transcriptions. Free to browse. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Parish Registers of St. Erth, Cornwall |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sterth/genealogy/ |
| Description: | Parish Registers of St. Erth, Cornwall |
| Extra Info: | Baptisms 1563-1900, marriages 1563-1960, burials 1565-1960 and wills 1690-1859. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Probate Abstracts and Sentences - Prerogative Court of Canterbury |
| Link: | Abstracts of Probates and Sentences |
| Description: | Abstracts of Probates and Sentences in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury |
| Extra Info: | Covers 1620-24. Includes some records from most English and Welsh Counties and a few records from Ireland. Also includes some records from individuals who died abroad. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Probate Acts Abstracts - Prerogative Court of Canterbury |
| Link: | Abstracts of Probate Acts |
| Description: | Abstracts of Probate Acts in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury |
| Extra Info: | Covers 1630-1655. Includes some records from most English and Welsh Counties, with some Irish & Scottish Information |
| Classification: | National, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Search probate records for documents and wills |
| Link: | https://www.gov.uk/search-will-probate |
| Description: | Search the government's probate records for documents and wills |
| Extra Info: | UK Government Probate Search for Wills and Probate |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, On-line Parish Clerks, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Sennen Online Parish Clerk |
| Link: | https://sennencornwall.tripod.com/contents.htm |
| Description: | Sennen Online Parish Clerk |
| Extra Info: | The site aims to provide information, from an historical viewpoint, on Sennen, Cornwall, the most westerly parish in the United Kingdom. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Smithy's Genealogy |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~smithysgenealogy/ge... |
| Description: | Smithy's Genealogy |
| Extra Info: | Scroll down to bottom for wills extracts from Cornwall, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Yorkshire. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, On-line Parish Clerks, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | St Allen Online Parish Clerk |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/genealogy/... |
| Description: | St Allen Online Parish Clerk |
| Extra Info: | Online Parish Clerk, including parish records. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Census, Deaths, Marriages, On-line Parish Clerks, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | St Michael's Mount, Marazion and Germoe. |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~juneen/family/sthil... |
| Description: | St Michael's Mount, Marazion and Germoe, Cornwall |
| Extra Info: | A selection of records for St Michael's Mount, Marazion and Germoe. |
| Classification: | National, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | The National Archives Online Collections |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ |
| Description: | The National Archives - Collection of Digitised Public Records |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | The Society of Genealogists (SOG) |
| Link: | https://www.sog.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The Society of Genealogists (SOG) |
| Extra Info: | Can search for a surname for free, however a membership is required to access the detailed information. Click Search to see a list of the data online. |
| Classification: | Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | The Susser Archives |
| Link: | https://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-uk/susser/ |
| Description: | The Susser Archives - Documents and Papers of the Late Rabbi Dr Bernard Susser |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Toms Wills Sheding light on the Past |
| Link: | https://www.haine.org.uk/toms_wills/toms_wills.php |
| Description: | Toms Wills - the index to UK wills 1931-1949 |
| Extra Info: | Also search 1950-1992 wills for free. |
| Classification: | Census, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Victoria County History - Explore England's Past |
| Link: | https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county... |
| Description: | Victoria County History - Explore England's Past |
| Extra Info: | This site provides free access to local history materials. Some census and probate / wills have been transcribed. |
| Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Bishops Transcripts, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | West Country Genealogy |
| Link: | http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/ |
| Description: | West Country Genealogy - Somerset, Dorset and Cornwall |
| Extra Info: | Parish registers, census and more. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Will Transcriptions Online |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20120607045210/http://w... |
| Description: | Will Transcriptions Online |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. It may take a few moments to load. The index information still seems to be available, but not always the details. Scroll down for the search by County or Name. |
| Classification: | National, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | WILLS - Find a Will from UK Government Site |
| Link: | https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills |
| Description: | Search for the will or probate of any person in the UK who died in or after 1858 |
| Extra Info: | UK Government Probate Search for Wills and Probate, including wills of soldiers who died while serving in the British armed forces between 1850 and 1986 |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills - The National Archives Records - Seamen's Wills |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | Wills of Royal Naval Seamen (1786 - 1882) |
| Extra Info: | Search and download the wills of around 35,000 men who joined the Royal Navy between 1786 and 1882 |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills and Administrations Index - Archdeaconry of Cornwall |
| Link: | Index of Administrations and Wills |
| Description: | Index of Administrations and Wills from the Archdeaconry of Cornwall |
| Extra Info: | Covers Cornwall and Devon 1569-1799. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills and Administrations Index - Consistory Court of the Bishop of Exeter |
| Link: | Index of Administrations and Wills |
| Description: | Index of Administrations and Wills for Devon and Cornwall from the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Exeter |
| Extra Info: | Covers 1532-1800. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills and Administrations Index - National Probate Calendar |
| Link: | England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 |
| Description: | National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 |
| Extra Info: | Covers England and Wales 1861-1941. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills and Administrations Index - Prerogative Court of Canterbury |
| Link: | Index of Administrations and Wills |
| Description: | Index of Administrations and Wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury |
| Extra Info: | Covers 1581-1595, 1649-60. Includes some records from most English and Welsh Counties, with some Irish & Scottish Information |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills and Administrations Index for Devon and Cornwall |
| Link: | Index of Administrations and Wills for Devon and Cornwall |
| Description: | Index of Administrations and Wills for Devon and Cornwall |
| Extra Info: | Covers the Registry of the Bishop of Exeter 1559-1799 and Archdeaconry of Exeter 1540-1799. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills and Death Duties Records and Indexes - National Archives Online |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Online Wills and Death Duties Records and Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Includes wills from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1384-1858, death duty registers 1796-1811 and wills of Royal Navy seamen 1786-1882. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills, Probate and Tax Records |
| Link: | Wills, Probate and Tax Records |
| Description: | Ancestry's Wills, Probate and Tax Records |
| Classification: | Census, General, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | GENUKI County Page for Cornwall |
| Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CON/ |
| Description: | General Information for Cornwall |
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