Hello Helen Shropshire Archives don't have a copy of the National Probate Calendars, which commenced in 1858. There is a microfiche copy at Chester and I believe Hereford has some sort of copy. Birmingham Central Library has a set of the index books on the 6th floor and I think these will be much easier and quicker to use than the microfiche. Birmingham Library don't have the last fifty years of indexes and places with microfiche might stop a bit earlier than that. If you are in London you can visit the Court Service premises where they have the indexes from 1858 right through to the present year. See their web site at http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/1226.htm Take care if you are searching the first few years of the indexes from July 1858 for about the first ten years or so because the Wills and the Administrations are indexed separately, sometimes as two sequences in the same book and sometimes in two different books. Once you get past this initial first few years the Wills and Administrations are all indexed together in a single sequence. Amazingly the Probate Indexes are still not available online - we can but live in hope! Whilst you asked specifically about the National Probate Calendars (July 1858 onwards) you might be interested to know that when you visit Shropshire Archives that they have microform copies of the indexes of Wills prior to 1858 for the Diocese of Lichfield which covers the northern half of Shropshire. Mike ______________________________________________________ Trevor & Helen Day wrote: > Does the Shrewsbury Record Office have copies of the National Probate > Calenders? I cannot find a ref. on their website. Hoping to check them out > somewhere on my next trip to the UK. > > If not, are they online anywhere? > > > > Thanks > > Helen Day > > S Australia > > > > ==== ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS Mailing List ==== > DO NOT send 'Unsubscribe' requests to the list. Send a new e-mail with just the word - unsubscribe - in the message body to ~ ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-L-request@rootsweb.com ~ Substitute -D- for -L- if in 'Digest' mode. > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > >