Marcia Below is the full reference that tells you how to find wills post 1858. The National Archives is always one of the good starting points for family history research and has some helpful free research guides. At the moment you can find these from the home page > Births, marriages and deaths > brief guides (on the right hand side of the page). The probate office also has lots of information on its web page http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/rdleaflet.asp?sLeafletURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Enationalarchives%2Egov%2Euk%2Fcatalogue%2Fleaflets%2Fri2301%2Ehtm&lBack=-1 If you are struggling with this link just google for the National Archives + England, then click on wills, then on post 1858 Hilary > Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:28:27 -0500 > From: Marcia Earl <mearl@hurontel.on.ca> > Subject: [SRY] Help Request > To: eng-surrey@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <AF706EF3-081E-4D89-A644-F77C4675A519@hurontel.on.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; > delsp=yes > > Hello, > > I am very new to using mailing lists. I took a friends > advice to ask  > for some help to find a will. My great great great > grandfather on a  > certified copy of an entry of death from the registration > district  > Saint George Southwark in the County of Surrey death in the > Sub- > distrit of Borough Road 1865 > George Earle died 3rd of April 1865 at Chadwell Place Green > Street. He  > was 64 and a wine cooper. His daughter Emma Woods  was > the informant.  > The death was registered the 3rd April 1865. The Registrar > was Henry  > Clement Elliott. > > I would like the information necessary to order a copy of a > will if it  > exists. Thank you in-advance for any direction you can give > me on how  > to get this information. .