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Some wills proved in England relate to persons with links to India or, indeed, those who have actually died in India. Maybe property was held at home and abroad and, therefore, the will was proved in both places. Where this happened before 1858 a will held in the British Library may also be mirrored in the Documents Online section of the National Archives website – from where it can be downloaded at nominal cost. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/willsdeathduties.asp National Archives].
[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1904 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941] is now available through Ancestry.co.uk. Note there are a few gaps in records. [[Findmypast]] also has two related datasets of these Index records called "Probate Calendars Of England & Wales 1858-1959" and "Probate Calendars Of England & Wales 1858-1959 - Browse", located under Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records/ Wills & probate.<br>If you wish to order a copy of a will or grant mentioned in this collection, you can do so for a fee , online from the Principal Probate Registry or any district probate registry, or you can make a request by mail. Read how to do this in the [httphttps://wwwprobatesearch.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/1176#calendar Find a will: GOV.htm Guide to obtaining UK], where you can search for the will or probate records from of any person in the UK who died between 1858 in England and Wales] by Her Majesty’s Courts Service 1996, and then order a copy online. Currently (HMCSMarch 2016) part of the Ministry of Justice website is a “Beta” (MoJnot finalized)version, and the Search appears inadequate. It is recommended that you find details from findmypast or Ancestry, then use the details to locate the record on GOV.UK, from where you can complete the details for an online request for the will. ==Also see==*[[British Army#Soldiers’ wills|British Army - Soldiers’ wills]]
==External Links==
*[http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast]
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=+Probate+India&prekeyword=+Probate+India Microfilms in the Family History Library] - a list obtained by a keyword search ('probate, India') of filmed India Office records in the [[LDS]] (Mormon) Family History Library Catalogue.
*[http://www.sog.org.uk/learn/help-getting-started-with-genealogy/guide-five Society of Genealogists: Guide Four: Probate Records] Edited and updated by Else Churchill and Geoff Swinfield 2015.:[http://www.sog.org.uk/uploads/Gillian_Stevens_and_Chad_Hanna_-Wills_and_Where_to_Find_Them.pdf Wills and Where to find them in England and Wales] by Gillian Stevens and Chad Hanna sog.org.uk [http://www.sog.org.uk/learn/who-do-you-think-you-are-2013-speakers-handouts/ from upload] 2013. '''Note''': some information may have changed, see 2015 link, but some information is still valid.
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