Hi Cornelia, Have a look at the LDS library catalogue. I just made a place search for Essex England and then looked down the list of subjects available for Probate Records, there are also other Probate headings such as indexes. The link to Probate Records shows that they have films of Probates going back to the 15th Century in some cases. Going back to the list of results of my search and selecting Probate Indexes I found that there is a link to Wills at Chelmsford, (Essex & East Hertfordshire). It says that this section "Includes Indexes" V. 78 Index to Wills proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Essex 1400-1619. Archdeaconry Court of Colchester 1500-1619, and so on. It then goes on to say:- "For original register copy wills and original wills for the Essex and Hertfordshire division of the Commissary Court of London, see Church of England Diocese of London. Essex and Hertfordshire division. Commissary Court. Probate Records 1431-1858 in the Author/Title catalogue. Further down the page it gives details of the format of these indexes and the last part of this is References where there is a link, (Indexes) Probate Records 1618-1851. Clicking there will take you to a page listing the film numbers necessary for these records. Repeat the search that I made, as I noted above and you should see the same items listed. You could then try the same search for Suffolk part of England to see what that brings up. Hope this helps. Regards Jenny DeAngelis <<in my case, I can fairly well expect to find wills for nearly every direct line ancestor and I've found my outlaying relatives filed wills and probates at least 20% of the time. it could be much higher as I have a largish tree and I haven't verified wills or probates one way or the other for all of the people. my early 1600's Suffolk ancestors (who eventually removed to Colchester) were grocers, gentlemen, freeholders and Quakers. I have found, so far, the wills or probates of my 3x great grandfather, my 4x great grandfather, and my 7x great grandfather, all Cross's,>>