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====Soldiers’ wills====
This [http://researchlondon.info/probate/probate-calendars-to-be-online-soon link]<ref>[http://researchlondon.info/probate/probate-calendars-to-be-online-soon Probate Calendars to be Online Soon] from Geoff Swinfield’s researchlondon.info and [http://www.ffhs.org.uk/news/news120510.php link News from FFHS]. [http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/probate Probate Service] justice.gov.uk does not have further information at May 2013.</ref> advises that 300,000 wills of soldiers killed in action will be available online from the end of 2012. These wills date from the Crimea period onwards, and appear to be “wills completed by soldiers in their paybooks”. They do not include officers. The index to some soldiers’ wills are already available in the [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1904 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941 from Ancestry.com]
=====Soldiers’ effects records at the National Army Museum=====
These records relate to monies paid to the named relatives of deceased soldiers and those discharged insane. They do not give details of the personal possessions of dead personnel, but provide next of kin details. Transcripts of records between 1901 and 1960 are available, at a charge. They are not viewable at the Museum as they are stored off site.<ref>[http://www.nam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/research-information-5.pdf National Army Museum Information Sheet 5: Researching Family History at the NAM] page 2</ref> Further details are provided in this [http://www.nam.ac.uk/collection/collection-news/soldiers-effects-records-1901-60 National Army Museum link]
