Archives
Council records & archives
- English & Welsh "National Archives" – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
- (Access to Archives) – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/ (use 'Advanced Search')
- (Archives Research Guides) – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesindex.asp
- (documents online, some cost) – http://www.documentsonline.nationalarchives.gov.uk
- (Labs, new features) – http://labs.nationalarchives.gov.uk/wordpress/ (eg 'Person Search' & 'UK History Photo Finder')
- (podcasts) – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/rss/podcasts.xml?homepage=fom-podcasts (downloadable genealogy talks - audio, large files)
- (research guides) – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesindex.asp
- Irish National Archives – http://www.nationalarchives.ie/
- Public Records Office, Northern Ireland – http://www.proni.gov.uk/ (includes search for wills, search of freeholders eligible to vote)
- Isle of Man iMuseum – http://www.imuseum.im/
- Scottish Archives – http://www.scan.org.uk
- UK County Record Offices – http://www.genuki.org.uk (select county & see under Archives)
Wills – after 1858 & earlier
- Guide to obtaining copies of probate records – http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/probate/copies-of-grants-wills
- How to find a will or inventory – http://www.buildinghistory.org/wills.shtml
- England & Wales National Probate Calendar 1861-1941 – http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1904 (Index of Wills & Administrations, costs)
- London Signatures – http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/wills/ (London wills 1609-1810)
- Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) wills 1384 -1858 – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp
- Royal Navy wills 1786-1882 – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/seamenswills.asp (free to search, costs to download)
- Welsh wills at National Library of Wales (pre-1858) – http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=2 (See 'Family History', 'Search Archival Databases')
- Wills & Probate Records (Hampshire) – http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives/hals-collections/wills.htm
- Wills & Probate Records (Surrey) – http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Wills+and+probate+records?opendocument