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: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | A Genealogy of Selected Families |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~laetoli/genealogy/ |
| Description: | A Genealogy of JONES, ORME, BIRD, ALLEN, WAITE, HAINSWORTH, BUTLER , REES and Others |
| 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: | Marriages, One Place Study, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Chipping Sodbury Genealogy |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20160324183849/http://... |
| Description: | Chipping Sodbury Genealogy |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. The site is devoted to genealogy and family history in the market town of Chipping Sodbury and the surrounding parishes in South Gloucestershire. |
| Classification: | Births, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Chris Newhall's Family History |
| Link: | http://www.wildot.co.uk/famhist.htm |
| Description: | Chris Newhall's Family History |
| Extra Info: | Includes NEWHALL, BAILEY, BEECH, CATLEY and many other surnames. |
| 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: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Forest of Dean Family History Trust |
| Link: | https://forest-of-dean.net/joomla/ |
| Description: | Forest of Dean Family History Trust |
| Extra Info: | Includes much information. The parish register transcriptions, also in resources, documents and articles there is a journal of journal of Alfred Harris which includes deaths and burials. May need to register with the site to access some information. |
| 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, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Gloucestershire County Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | Gloucestershire County Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | Gloucestershire County Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes parish register extracts; Bitton : baptisms, 1572-1674, burials, 1572-1668, marriages, 1571-1674; The register of Hanham and Oldland : 1584-1681; A calendar of wills proved in the Consistory Court 1572-1792 and more. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Gloucestershire Genealogical Database Search |
| Link: | http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search... |
| Description: | Gloucestershire County Council Genealogical Database Search |
| Extra Info: | Includes Wills 1541-1858 |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Inquisitions and Post Mortems (Inventories) for Gloucestershire |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/calendarofwillsa40worc |
| Description: | Inquisitions and Post Mortems (Inventories) for Gloucestershire |
| Extra Info: | Online Book. First half of book is wills and administrations for Worcester 1601-1652. Second half (around page 269) is inquisitions and post mortems for Gloucestershire for 1302-1358. |
| 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, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, Pedigrees, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Parish Registers of N. Gloucestershire and S. Worcestershire and Other Records |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/genealogy/ |
| Description: | Parish Registers of N. Gloucestershire and S. Worcestershire and Other Records |
| Extra Info: | Includes Deerhurst, Forthampton, Eldersfield and Tewkesbury area. |
| 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: | Deaths, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Sugar Refiners and Sugar Bakers Database and Information |
| Link: | http://www.mawer.clara.net/intro.html |
| Description: | Sugar Refiners and Sugar Bakers Database and Information |
| Extra Info: | Includes fatalities in the industry. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | The Genealogy of the Cotswolds and Surrounds |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20150406062544/http://w... |
| Description: | The Genealogy of the Cotswolds and Surrounds |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most of the information still seems to be avaialble to view, but not the church photographs. Go to the parish pages for transcription. |
| 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: | 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 - 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 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 Index from the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Gloucester |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/calendarofwillsp12chur |
| Description: | Gloucester Wills from the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Gloucester 1541-1650 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes extracts from inquisitions and post mortems 1637-1642 in the second book. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills Index from the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Bristol |
| Link: | Index of Wills from the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Bristol |
| Description: | Index of Wills from the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Bristol |
| Extra Info: | Covers the period 1572-1792. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills Index from the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Gloucester |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/calendarofwillsp02chur... |
| Description: | Gloucester Wills Index 1660-1800 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. An index that covers each year from 1660-1800. Names index at end of book. |
| 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, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | GENUKI County Page for Gloucestershire |
| Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/ |
| Description: | General Information for Gloucestershire |
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