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Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 98 Send Message	Janet	Report	24 Aug 2006 22:39
Member Since: March 2006 Posts: 98 Send Message	Can any one tell me how I start to find info on family wills back in the 1850s/1860s Janet.
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 4,785 Send Message	Val wish I'd never started	Report	24 Aug 2006 22:48
	(www).a2a.(org.uk) remove brackets when you on the home page scroll down to do a global search much easier
Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 135 Send Message	Mavis	Report	24 Aug 2006 23:06
Member Since: January 2006 Posts: 135 Send Message	So I can find
Member Since: September 2005 Posts: 2,518 Send Message	Janet in Yorkshire	Report	24 Aug 2006 23:14
	Basically pre 1857 wills were proved in various courts, based on an ecclesiastical system - these are to be found in various record offices. From 1858 wills were proved at a probate office. There is a yearly index called a calendar, - these can be viewed in most record offices and sometimes in large libraries. For a fee, you can request a search for an English will from the probate registry at York Jay