Hi, If this will service is the one I think it is, there is no index. You can search the database, however you need to know the year of the probate, that or do the search year by year and note what hits you get for each variant of your One Name Study. I take it this is the site you are referring to https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills Regards, David J Grimshaw (or is it Grimason?) Genealogical Researcher of the "Grimason" surname and variations of the "Grimason" surname World Wide. A One Name study registered with the Guild of One Name Studies (GOONS): 6138 formally 2962 The "Sherlock Holmes" of this family according to some On 29/12/2014 7:39 a.m., Polly Rubery via wrote: > Hi John > > The National Probate Index on Ancestry covers the years 1858-1966; this > index, which is free to search covers the years 1858 to date. So you can > extend the information for your ONS (and other FH interests) very easily and > for free on this site. Up until 1996 the returned results are in the form > of scanned pages from the printed volumes, just like those on Ancestry, > although sadly the latter ones carry less information than the earlier ones. > > The £10 is the fee required to obtain the will and grant (do not forget to > order the latter as it sometimes gives further information), or letters of > administration. > > This has been the standard fee for some time now, but instead of having to > print off a form and send it the Leeds DPR by post with a cheque, you can > now order and pay online and within a short time you will be sent an email > with a link in it to your requested will, which stays active for 30 days and > allows you to save the file to your computer. > > As others have noticed, the pribted volumes are arranged by year of probate > and the modern ones (post 1996) are arranged by date of death, so if someone > died before 1996 but the estate was not probated until after that date it > seems that the will does not appear in this index. However I haven't > actually had a chance to check this for myself, so I cannot say for sure. > Hope that answers your query > Polly > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Commins via" <goons@rootsweb.com> > To: <GOONS@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 3:07 PM > Subject: [G] Wills > > > do the government will service at £10 contain any more than the will > index on Ancestry, > John > > _____________________________________________ >