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Wills - early to mid 1800s

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Bluesavannah

Bluesavannah Report 3 Aug 2009 13:46

Hi,

Would anyone know what is the best route to try and locate wills for people who died in the period of the early to late 1800s in South Yorkshire?

I have tried the online documents on the national archives website but they dont have many wills at all for south yorkshire.

Looking mainly for the wills of Richard Thompson who died 1804 and Stephen Thompson who died 1824, both shoemakers of Aughton near Aston, South Yorkshire.

Kind Regards
Claire

Helen in Bucks

Helen in Bucks Report 3 Aug 2009 13:50

my county library / records office has some wills for Buckinghamshire

try the local one for South Yorks - possibly Sheffield?

Bluesavannah

Bluesavannah Report 3 Aug 2009 14:12

Hi Helen

I will look in to that. Not sure if South Yorkshire has a county library. I think I will drop the Sheffield Archives an email to see if they could guide me on this.

Many thanks
Claire

Mummy Bear

Mummy Bear Report 3 Aug 2009 14:47

Claire

I recently found that Findmypast hold a number of Will Indexes - it had the ones I was look for on it Findmypast Index to death duty registers 1796-1903.

MB

Bluesavannah

Bluesavannah Report 3 Aug 2009 15:25

Hi MB

I will have a look at findmypast, I have an account with them but rarely use it.

Many thanks
Claire