Archives
Council records & archives
- English & Welsh "National Archives" – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
- (Access to Archives) – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/
- (Archives Research Guides) – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesindex.asp
- (documents online, some cost) – http://www.documentsonline.nationalarchives.gov.uk
- (podcasts) – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/rss/podcasts.xml?homepage=fom-podcasts (downloadable genealogy talks - audio, large files)
- (searchable databases, some cost) – http://www.findmypast.com
- English County Record Offices – http://www.oz.net/~markhow/englishros.htm
- 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)
- Scottish Archives – http://www.scan.org.uk
Wills – after 1858 & earlier
- London Signatures (London wills 1609-1810) – http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/corporation/wills/engine/wills_search.asp
- PCC (Prerogative Court of Canterbury) wills 1384 -1858) – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp
- Wills & Probate Records – http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Wills+and+probate+records?opendocument
- Royal Navy wills 1786-1882 – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/seamenswills.asp (free to search, costs to download)