Did you know TheGenealogist.co.uk include several databases of old wills in their subscriptions? These are partial indexes offering online access to images of the original pages. Old wills can be very useful for discovering more about your ancestors, who they were related to and how they lived their lives. Included are…
- Bristol Wills Index 1572 – 1792.
- Edinburgh Wills Index 1601 – 1700.
- Irish Wills Index 1536 – 1810.
- Leicestershire Wills Index 1495 – 1750.
- Northampton Wills Index 1510 – 1652.
- Yorkshire Wills Index 1389 – 1652.
- Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers Covering dates 1384-1858. Contains over 776,000 records.
When I contacted TheGenealogist.co.uk about 4 months ago they advised me that their main coverage for the PCC wills so far was 1616, 1647-1650 and 1706-1857.
