Wills are legal documents listing a person's wishes regarding property disposal when they die, hence are useful at providing details of other members of the family of the deceased.
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Births, Deaths, Marriages, War Memorials & Other Memorials, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Find My Past - Ireland |
| Link: | https://www.findmypast.ie/search-records/Vital-records-(BMDs) |
| Description: | Find My Past's Birth, Marriages and Deaths for Ireland |
| Extra Info: | Their birth, marriage and death records date as far back as the 13th century (Dublin Will and Grant Books Index 1270-1858) and include records of over 400,000 gravestones and church memorials, over 150,000 newspaper obituaries and four indexes to wills. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | A Little Bit of Ireland |
| Link: | http://www.celticcousins.net/ireland/ |
| Description: | A Little Bit of Ireland - Celtic Cousins |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | British Settlers on Argentina and Uruguay |
| Link: | http://www.argbrit.org/ |
| Description: | British Settlers on Argentina and Uruguay |
| Extra Info: | Many of the marriage records indicate place of birth. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Deaths, Marriages, Parish Records, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Cork Past and Present |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20201130203105/http://w... |
| Description: | Cork Past and Present |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is not currently available, most information still seems to be available to view. Includes McDonnell's Index of Births, Deaths and Marriages and Gillman's Index to Marriage Licence Bonds |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Obituaries, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Ireland Genealogy Projects Archive |
| Link: | http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ |
| Description: | Ireland Genealogy Projects Archive |
| Extra Info: | Includes extracts of church records, but also submitted birth, marriage and death information. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Irish Wills Index W.P.W. Phillimore & Gertrude Thrift, from Find My Past |
| Link: | https://www.findmypast.ie/content/wpw-phillimore-gertrude-thrift-indexes-to-irish-wills-1536-1858 |
| Description: | Find My Past's W.P.W. Phillimore & Gertrude Thrift, Indexes to Irish Wills 1536-1858 |
| Extra Info: | The well-known English family history publisher W.P.W. Phillimore along with the tireless Irish genealogist Gertrud Thrift published a 5 volume series of indexes of Irish wills between 1909 and 1920. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, One Name Study, Pedigrees, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | JESSON Family Home Page |
| Link: | http://www.maberly.name/Jessonindex.htm |
| Description: | JESSON Family Tree Data From Around the World |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | National Archives - Digital Microfilms Online |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Digital Microfilms Online |
| Extra Info: | Please read the instructions and information before downloading. Includes seaman's wills and some foreign returns of births, marriages and deaths. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | National Archives - Online Navy Records and Indexes |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Online Navy Records and Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Includes wills of Royal Navy Seamen 1786 -1882. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes (UK) |
| Extra Info: | Includes wills. Many detailed records require payment. |
| Classification: | Census, Marriages, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | National Archives of Ireland |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | National Archives of Ireland - Searchable Databases |
| Extra Info: | Includes searchable wills index. Also 1901 and 1911 census that have survived. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, Monumental Inscriptions, Pedigrees, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Northern Ireland Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | Northern Ireland Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | Northern Ireland Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes 1766 Religious Census; 1841/1851 Census Abstracts (Northern Ireland); Irish Gravestone Inscriptions; Wills Indexes. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | The Gazette - Official Public Record |
| Link: | https://www.thegazette.co.uk/ |
| Description: | The Gazette - Official Public Record |
| Extra Info: | The Gazette is formally the combination of three publications: The London Gazette, The Belfast Gazette and The Edinburgh Gazette. The Gazettes are official journals of record. |
| Classification: | National, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | The National Archives Online Collections |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ |
| Description: | The National Archives - Collection of Digitised Public Records |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Will Index for the Diocese of Dublin, from Find My Past |
| Link: | https://www.findmypast.ie/content/deputy-keeper-of-ireland-index-to-the-act-or-grant-books-and-to-original-wills-diocese-of-dublin-1272-1858 |
| Description: | Will Index for the Diocese of Dublin, from Find My Past |
| Extra Info: | Covers 1272-1858 (26th, 30th and 31st Reports, 1894, 1899), these three reports contain indexes to the grant books and original wills dealt with by the consistorial court of the Diocese of Dublin. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills - A Guide to Copies and Abstracts of Irish Wills |
| Link: | A Guide to Copies and Abstracts of Irish Wills |
| Description: | A Guide to Copies and Abstracts of Irish Wills |
| Extra Info: | This is an index with no will content but indicates where the will detail may be located. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills - The National Archives Records - Seamen's Wills |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | Wills of Royal Naval Seamen (1786 - 1882) |
| Extra Info: | Search and download the wills of around 35,000 men who joined the Royal Navy between 1786 and 1882 |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills Abstracts from the Dublin Registry of Deeds |
| Link: | Wills Abstracts from the Dublin Registry of Deeds |
| Description: | Wills Abstracts from the Dublin Registry of Deeds |
| Extra Info: | Covers most counties of Ireland and the period 1708-85. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills and Death Duties Records and Indexes - National Archives Online |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Online Wills and Death Duties Records and Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Includes wills from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1384-1858, death duty registers 1796-1811 and wills of Royal Navy seamen 1786-1882. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills and Inventories Index - Diocese of Dublin |
| Link: | Index of Wills and Inventories |
| Description: | Register of Wills and Inventories of the Diocese of Dublin |
| Extra Info: | Covers 1457-1483. Translation at bottom of each page. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills Index for Ireland from Find My Past |
| Link: | https://www.findmypast.ie/content/index-of-irish-wills-1484-1858 |
| Description: | Find My Past's Index of Irish Wills 1484-1858 - Over 100,000 names |
| Extra Info: | The only complete list of surviving wills and other testamentary records at the National Archives of Ireland. It contains information relating to every part of Ireland (north and south). The index also includes a facility to order full copies of any item. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills of Ireland - An Index |
| Link: | An Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland |
| Description: | An Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Covers the period 1536-1810. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills of Ireland Index by Sir Arthur Vicars, from Find My Past |
| Link: | https://www.findmypast.ie/content/sir-arthur-vicars-prerogative-wills |
| Description: | Find My Past's Sir Arthur Vicars, Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland, 1536 - 1810 |
| Extra Info: | Sir Arthur Vicars indexed all these Prerogative wills up to 1810. It deals with over 40,000 Irish wills. Almost all of these were destroyed in the 1922 explosion at the Public Record Office in Dublin. |
| Classification: | Wills / Probate |
| Title: | Wills, Probate and Tax Records |
| Link: | Wills, Probate and Tax Records |
| Description: | Ancestry's Wills, Probate and Tax Records |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Census, General, Monumental Inscriptions, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | GENUKI Country Page for Ireland |
| Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/ |
| Description: | General Information for Ireland |
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