Archives
Council records & archives
- Guernsey Archives – https://www.gov.gg/islandarchives
- Jersey Heritage – https://catalogue.jerseyheritage.org
- National Archives of Ireland – https://www.nationalarchives.ie
- (The) National Archives UK – https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Archives Research Guides – https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/#find-a-research-guide
Discovery – https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk (search the archives)
Podcasts – https://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk (downloadable genealogy talks - audio, large files) - National Library of Wales (Archives) – https://www.library.wales/collections/learn-more/archives
- National Records of Scotland – https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk
- PRONI (Public Records Office, Northern Ireland) – https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/campaigns/public-record-office-northern-ireland-proni
- Isle of Man iMuseum – https://www.imuseum.im
- Scottish Archives Network – https://www.scan.org.uk
- UK County Record Offices – https://www.genuki.org.uk (select country, county & see under Archives)
- Wisbech & Fenland Museum – https://www.wisbechmuseum.org.uk
Wills – after 1858 & earlier
- Find a will (from 1858) – https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills (register first)
- Guide to obtaining copies of probate records – https://www.gov.uk/search-will-probate
- Borthwick Catalogue – https://borthcat.york.ac.uk/index.php/are-you-looking-for-a-will (PCY wills 1267-1858 from Yorkshire & other northern counties)
- England & Wales National Probate Calendar 1861-1941 – http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1904 (Index of Wills & Administrations, costs)
- GENUKI links to wills – https://www.genuki.org.uk/search?keys=wills
- How to find a will or inventory – http://www.buildinghistory.org/wills.shtml
- London wills – https://search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/RESEARCH_GUIDES/WEB_DETAIL_RG?SESSIONSEARCH&exp=SISN+27
- Medieval Londoners – https://medievallondoners.ace.fordham.edu/resources/documentary-sources/wills/
- Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) wills 1384 -1858 – https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/wills-1384-1858/
- Royal Navy wills 1786-1882 – https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/wills-royal-navy-royal-marines-personnel-1786-1882/ (free to search, costs to download)
- Welsh wills at National Library of Wales (pre-1858) – https://www.library.wales/discover/library-resources/wills
- Wills & Probate Records (Hampshire) – https://www.hants.gov.uk/librariesandarchives/archives/collections/wills
- Wills & Probate Records (Surrey) – https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/culture-and-leisure/history-centre/researchers/guides/wills-and-probate-records