Hi Can anyone tell me where to look or how to begin looking for old Wills please Thanks Fay in Oz

Hi Fay What time frame ? Pre 1858 or Post ? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi > > Can anyone tell me where to look or how to begin looking for old Wills > please > > Thanks > Fay in Oz

"Fay Cooke" <faysy@bigpond.com> wrote : > Can anyone tell me where to look or how to begin looking for old Wills > please Pre-1858 Wills could be in a variety of places. Wills were the responsibility of the Established Church and were proved in Ecclesiastical Courts, exactly which having jurisdiction being dependent upon where property was located. Post-1858 Wills are all available from the Probate Registry and indexes to them can be found in records offices and some other repositories, as well as at FHCs. I believe some FHSs overseas also have copies of the index. There are several useful gudies at thr TNA website. See http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=168 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=220 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=219 Pre-1858 Wills proved at Canterbury (PCC Wills) can be searched on and downloaded from the TNA website. Some London Wills are now similarly available on the LMA website : http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Leisure_and_culture/Records_and_archives/ There are also some useful booklets, particularly one by Jeremy Gibson and Else Churchill "Probate Jurisdictions: Where to look for Wills". This is published by the FFHS and should be available through their on-line bookshop : http://www.genfair.co.uk/ John B Leic., Eng