There are a huge number of new records available on
Ancestry.com which can now be searched.
They include the following –
Index Title
|
Date Range
|
No of Records
|
Australian Marriage Index
|
1788-1950
|
5,329,018
|
Australian Death Index
|
1787-1985
|
5,893,086
|
Australian Birth Index
|
1788-1922
|
5,157,166
|
England Perogative Court of Canterbury Wills
|
1384-1858
|
1,012,964
|
British Army WW1 Service Records
|
1914-1920
|
1,907,094
|
England and Wales Birth Index
|
1916-2005
|
71,311,768
|
England and Wales Death Index
|
1916-2007
|
49,722,476
|
England and Wales Marriage Index
|
1916-2005
|
63,960,989
|
These are only a few of the many new datasets to become
available on Ancestry over the past few months.
It should be noted that the wills are ONLY for the Perogative Court of
Canterbury, and also that not everyone made a will, or
had anything to leave behind them. The
poor especially did not leave wills. It
will, however, give you a copy of the original handwritten will if you are
lucky enough to find any relevant to your family. Your next problem is deciphering it, as old
handwriting can be quite a challenge to understand. Remember also that many older wills may have
been written in Latin.
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