The National Archives formerly Public Record Office in Kew has a lot of information of use to Irish researchers and some of it is downloadable for a fee. It has added more wills to its on line database. These are actual wills -the dowload fee is £3. www.pro.gov.uk >From this page go to Online documents and then Documents online. ________________________________________ These are the wills mentioned for Derry. Will of John Nicholson of Londonderry , Derry02 May 1848PROB 11/2075 Will of Dorothea Waring Maxwell , Widow of Jackson Hall , Derry17 October 1842PROB 11/1969 Will of James Caldwell , Traveller to Messrs Cash Legard and Company of Londonderry , Derry15 September 1844PROB 11/2004 Will of Alexander Stewart of Pennyburn in the Liberties of Londonderry , Derry15 May 1852PROB 11/2153 Will of James McClintock of Londonderry , Derry29 August 1850PROB 11/2118 Will of James Elferty , Seaman on Board His Majesty's Ship Arrogant of Bogside Londonderry , County Derry14 June 1798PROB 11/1308 Will of Thomas Williams , Surgeon of Magherafelt , County Derry07 June 1798PROB 11/1309 , Will of William Scott , Merchant of Londonderry , County Derry19 October 1793PROB 11/1238 Will of William Folliott , Gentleman of Londonderry , County Derry16 April 1782PROB 11/1089 Will of George McCorkill , Mariner of Londonderry , Derry20 April 1791PROB 11/1210 Will of Reverend James King , Doctor in Divinity, Dean of Raphoe , County Derry18 June 1795PROB 11/1262 Will of James Smyth , Surgeon in the Royal Navy of Moneymore , Derry17 May 1836PROB 11/1862 Will of Daniel Gibbs of Derry , County Cork22 July 1814PROB 11/1558 Will of Reverend, Sir John Lighton of Donoughmore , Derry22 February 1828PROB 11/1736 Will of Margaret Black , Widow of Londonderry , County Derry03 October 1825PROB 11/1704 Will of Thomas Holms , Brandy Merchant of Derry Hill within Bowood , Wiltshire10 May 1813PROB 11/1544 Will of Elizabeth Robertson , Spinster of Dunboe , Derry25 March 1810PROB 11/1509 Will of John Hickman of Derry City, County Derry20 November 1710PROB 11/518 Will of William Smith, Mariner of Derry, County Derry01 August 1730PROB 11/639 Will of Henry Freeman, Gentleman of Clondermot, County Derry09 June 1641PROB 11/186 Will of William Burrough of Londonderry, County Derry29 November 1672PROB 11/340 Will of William Montooth, Seaman belonging to His Majesty's Ship Thunderer Number on Ships Books 504 of Kilrae, County Derry20 November 1802PROB 11/1383 Will of Arthur Rowley Heyland , Captain in the 40th Regiment of Foot and Major in the Army of Ballin Temple , Derry03 February 1816PROB 11/1577 Will of James Kinkeed , Mariner of Londonderry , County Derry08 November 1743PROB 11/730 Will of John Logie otherwise Loagit , Marine of the First Division belonging to Chatham and belonging to His Majesty's Ship Robust of Londonderry , Derry25 September 1782PROB 11/1095 Will of Robert Garraway , Gentleman of London Derry , Londonderry10 February 1780PROB 11/1061 Will of William Read of Coulrain , Derry04 July 1764PROB 11/900 Coulrain is Coleraine. This is how it was pronounced then and frequently still is. Rachel