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: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Bath Ancestor Search |
| Link: | http://bathancestors.org.uk/fhSearch.php |
| Description: | Bath Ancestor Search |
| Extra Info: | Search for your Bath ancestors. Methodist baptisms, burials, although not all are yet online, also wills. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Bath Ancestors |
| Link: | http://bathancestors.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The database covers the years 1603-1990 and contains over 76,000 records of people who lived in and around Bath, UK. |
| 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: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Family and Local History in Frome |
| Link: | http://www.gomezsmart.myzen.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Family and Local History in Frome |
| Extra Info: | Includes From St John's burials and baptisms, also Whatley marriages, census and more. |
| 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: | Census, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | History of Some areas of Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Link: | https://www.freshford.com/ |
| Description: | History of Some areas of Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Extra Info: | History of Charmouth, Freshford, Bradford on Avon, Bath, Limpley Stoke and Hinton Charterhouse. Provides a wide collection of documents and articles including census listings and wills. |
| 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 Register Transcriptions and More - SW England Genealogical Indexes |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20180323073830/http://w... |
| Description: | Transcribed Parish Registers and More |
| Extra Info: | An archived site. Most information is still available. Bickernoll, Bridgewater, Broomfield, Cannington, Chilton, Durleigh, Durston, Enmore, Goathurst, Nether Stowey, Sampford Brett, Stogumber and Tauton and others. |
| Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Parish Registers of the Portbury Hundred and More |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20220815005748/http://... |
| Description: | Portbury Hundred Records, Including Wills |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active, however most information is still available to view. May be slow to load. Includes records for Weston-super-Mare, Backwell, Chelvey, Kenn, Pill, and many more parishes. |
| 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, Parish Records, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Selected Genealogical Records |
| Link: | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/filessection/ |
| Description: | Selected Genealogical Records |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Bishops Transcripts, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Pedigrees, Visitations, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Somerset County Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | Somerset County Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | Somerset County Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes parish register extracts; Wells Bishop's Transcripts; Calendar of wills , Visitations 1623 and more. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Somerset Indexes - SW Heritage Trust |
| Link: | https://somerset-cat.swheritage.org.uk/indexes |
| Description: | Somerset Indexes - SW Heritage Trust |
| Extra Info: | Includes wills index. |
| Classification: | Banns, Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Somerset Parish Register Transcripts |
| Link: | http://www.durtnall.org.uk/Somerset%20Pages.htm |
| Description: | Somerset Parish Register Transcripts and Other Records |
| Extra Info: | May not work correctly in all browsers. Covers Blackford in Wedmore, Burnham-on-Sea, East Huntspill, Highbridge, Huntspill, Mark, Pawlett and Wedmore |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | South Petherton Information |
| Link: | https://www.southpethertoninformation.org.uk/ |
| Description: | South Petherton Information |
| Extra Info: | For wills click on wills then scroll down to bottom of page for on site details. |
| 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: | 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: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Census, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Various English Parish Records |
| Link: | https://www.obliquity.com/family/parish/ |
| Description: | Various English Parish Records |
| 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: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills - Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/abstractssomers00browg... |
| Description: | Wills - Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Names index at end. Appears to be 1500's, through to 1700's. Second series. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills - Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/abstractsofsomer55cris |
| Description: | Wills - Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Names index at end. Appears to be 1500's, through to 1700's. Fifth series. |
| 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 - Court of the Archdeacon of Taunton |
| Link: | Index of Administrations and Wills |
| Description: | Index of Administrations and Wills in the Court of the Archdeacon of Taunton |
| Extra Info: | Covers the period 1537-1799. |
| 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, Probate and Tax Records |
| Link: | Wills, Probate and Tax Records |
| Description: | Ancestry's Wills, Probate and Tax Records |
| Classification: | General, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | GENUKI County Page for Somerset |
| Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/ |
| Description: | General Information for Somerset |
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