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Welcome to National Wills Index
Origins Network has a growing and unique set of indexes to wills and probate documents.
With the partication of British Record Society and other organisations, we have now launched the National Wills Index, which will become the primary online resource for pre-1858 English probate material.
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Bank of England Will Extracts Index  1717-1845  over 61,000 names Hard copies available
Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills Index  1750-1800  over 208,000 names Hard copies available
Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index  1700-1807  over 5,000 names  
York Medieval Probate Index  1267-1500  over 10,000 wills Hard copies available
York Peculiars Probate Index  1383-1883  over 25,000 wills Hard copies available
Prerogative & Exchequer Courts of York Probate Index  1731-1858  215,000 records Hard copies available
Surrey & South London Will Abstracts  1470-1856  over 500,000 names
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National Wills Index
The primary online resource for pre-1858 English probate material.
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