Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
This index by the Lincolnshire Archives, is available online as a series of PDF files. These indexes are scans of old typed lists so the index may not locate names and place with total accuracy. Where the document reference cites…
Probate is the process of proving a will and of administering the estate of the deceased. Today this process is undertaken nationally by the civil courts. Pre 1858 probate in England and Wales was mainly administered by ecclesiastical courts in…
This search covers: • Canal boat inspections• Gaol registers from 1815-1879• Inventories• Non-conformist baptisms (child, father and mother) for some chapels in Gloucestershire• Records of the Overseers of the Poor• Wills proved at Gloucester from 1541-1858 New
This detailed guide to Norfolk probate records provides links to where these records can be searched online. Before 11 January 1858, most wills were proved in church courts. In Norfolk a few early wills were registered in the borough courts…
This free UK Government site has three indexes to wills:• Wills and Probates 1996 onwards. A search returns surname, first name, date of probate, probate number, date of death, document type and registry• Wills and Probates 1858-1996 (linked to images…
A collection of images of archive material supplied by the Norfolk Record Office and the Norfolk Heritage Centre. Resources include:• Probate – Wills from 1800-1857• Broadsides – were used soon after the beginning of printing for royal proclamations and official…
This site brings together the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes into one website. The Gazettes are the official newspapers of the United Kingdom government. This site offers state of the art combined searching of the Gazettes. You can search in…
The following records are held: • Parish records from the 16th century onwards • Wills and probate records. Details of Cheshire wills for the period 1492-1940 are on the wills database and copies copies can be ordered online • Poor…
There are 1551+ data collections online. The records are fully indexed with a free surname search. Subscription options offer access to transcripts or digitised records. The collections are arranged in the following categories:• England Census & Voter Lists• England Birth,…
Discovery holds 32+ million descriptions of records held by The National Archives and 2,500+ archives across the country. Over 9 million records are available for download from this site. Use Discovery to search. Enter a surname in the search box…