Wills are available on line at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/wills.htm - not all of them, perhaps, but certainly a lot. This web site is well worth exploring. Happy searching.... Phoebe

Hi Phoebe The wills on the National Archives are those from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) which was the highest court in the land, dealing mostly (but not exclusively) with the most complex wills or estates of the most wealthy It covers mostly the South of England and most of Wales As you say very well worth checking, a simple keyword for Cornwall finds 7,851 hits They are also on Ancestry now, worth checking the National Archives and Ancestry as they have transcribed their own indexes (I think the PCC wills are also on thegenealogist) There will be many more wills in lower courts For wills 1796 to 1903 its worth checking the death duty indexes on findmypast, which if listed will identify the court they were proved or administered at Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 18/08/2014 07:17, Phoebe via wrote: > Wills are available on line at > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/wills.htm - not all of them, > perhaps, but certainly a lot. This web site is well worth exploring. > > Happy searching.... > > Phoebe

If your ancestors were wealthy enough to leave a memorial in the church, you might be lucky enough to find a photo of it here: http://www.churchmonumentssociety.org/Cornwall.htm Di Gibbs OPC (Genealogy) For Lezant, Lawhitton and Stoke Climsland Cornwall