Hi Merryl I just file all my wills in the way that they were originally, by court in which they were proved, date, and name of testator. I do this for both digital and paper copies. The court is the paper or digital folder so that the file is date, name. Of course if you were dealing with SMITH wills things might have to be a little different, but for my ONS this has always worked from the time I first started collecting them (in the late 1970s). I then cross reference the fact that there is a will from both the person record (in my case still a card index); on the tree (which is digital) and also against their deaths on my file of GRO/SGRO or other Excel list of deaths for other countries. I also have in the digital list of wills (again in Excel) details of other names and places mentioned in the will, so that when searching for say any references to a Samuel, I can find them as Executors or benificiaries etc. These are also noted on their person card. I have since they have been online, printed out the relevant pages from the National Probate Calendar, although I have long had them in manuscript form, copies from the books/microfiche and latterly computers in a Probate Registry. When I acquire extracts or copies of these wills I file them behind these pages, as I always filed them behind my notes. Oh for the days of the Literary Pass in Somerset House which allowed me to examine many of my wills! Kind regards Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merryl Wells via" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2016 10:57 PM Subject: [G] How to store your ONS Wills? Hi, When I first obtained some wills for my Bawtree ONS I just popped them into a card envelope file but as I acquired more thought it would be better to put them behind the family to which they belonged in my main file. Now I have decided I have more Samuel Bawtrees on my database/Family Tree Maker than actually existed, that quite a number had been widowed and remarried and I've been spending time having to go through all the families that I believe include a Samuel Bawtree to work out which children belong to each one according to their wills - and getting diverted, having just spent over half an hour reading the extensive will of an only daughter/child who didn't seem to have any close living relatives. Think I should remove these wills so they are easier to find on the rare occasions I wish to recheck the information contained within them. So how do other members retain their 'original' copies? If kept in a separate file, how are they arranged, to be quickly found? From Merryl Wells of Luton, Beds. E-Mail: [email protected] GOONS Mem. No. 1757 Reg. ONS: Bawtree; Gullick/ock, Moist/Moyst.