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Ireland, Ireland : Classification : Wills / Probate


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.

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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:National Archives of Ireland
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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