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Wales (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Wales Resources => Topic started by: Gadget on Sunday 20 September 09 21:45 BST (UK)
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Welsh Wills, now online:
http://cat.llgc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gw/chameleon?skin=profeb&lng=en][url]http://cat.llgc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gw/chameleon?skin=profeb&lng=en (http://[url)[/url]
It's fantastic - I've even found lots of my Jones ancestors' wills :D
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Thank you so much for this link!
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That link doesn't work. Is it the pre-1858 Welsh wills? They've been online for several years
https://www.library.wales/catalogues-searching/catalogues/specialist-catalogues/wills
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That link doesn't work. Is it the pre-1858 Welsh wills? They've been online for several years
I put it up 14 years ago ! add - see the date « Reply #1 on: Sunday 20 September 09 21:45 BST (UK) »
I think the link might be wrong now.
Here's the latest link
https://www.library.wales/catalogues-searching/catalogues/specialist-catalogues/wills
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I put it up 14 years ago ! add - see the date
I hadn't noticed the date!
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I've just deconstructed the original links
http://cat.llgc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gw/chameleon?skin=profeb&lng=en
It looks as if the language was supposed to be in English but they come up in Welsh ;D
Easier now ~ use the link given in your post and mine Replies #2 and #3
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I was stuck and found your 1st link ...realized that it was adding an extra bit on the end by mistake... not the 1st time that's happened so just knocked that bit off...clicked the english link in the top corner and found an early Will that I'd been looking for...and was and am very grateful!
You made my day!
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Da iawn :)
There are also many online resources which are listed on the Wills search page. Over the years, I've used the Marriage Bonds, Newspapers, Tithes and archive collection, etc.
Gadget
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Thank you for the link. I found the will of a 7x great grandfather. I was interested to read that he left his brother all his apparel except his best hat.
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Can anybody do an idiot's guide to the wills on the National Library site?
I remember accessing the wills many years ago but all seems to have changed now.
I can log on with my reader's ticket and password.
I can find the reference to the will I want to view.
What do I do next to see the actual will?
Ray
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there should be in the result View online, click on this and the will will show up in a new window.
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Thank you osprey. The problem is the wills I were trying to view don't seem to be online. They are in the peculiar of Hawarden, Flintshire. Previously, some years ago, I had been looking at the St Asaph wills.
Ray
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possibly the enquiries service?
https://www.library.wales/about-nlw/about-us/nlw-enquiries
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They are not online on National Library but oddly are on Ancestry.
Probate place Hawarden.
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The parish of Hawarden was traditionally a "peculiar" i.e. the rector was exempt from the jurisdiction of any bishop - he held his own ecclesiastical courts, proved wills, and granted marriage licences. Confirmations were performed by invited bishops. Peculiars were abolished in 1849, and on the 30th of July 1849 the peculiar of Hawarden was attached to the diocese of St. Asaph. However, the Rector of Hawarden continued to prove wills until 1858, and he is still permitted to grant marriage licences to this day
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https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/FLN/Hawarden