FFHS-NEWS 190,000 Welsh Wills Online - Free to View

[News from the Federation of Family History Societies]

The National Library of Wales has good news for family historians, social
historians 
 and the inquisitive! Over 190,000 Welsh wills (some 800,000
pages) have been digitised and are now available on the Library’s website or
direct on their online catalogue and are free to view.

 

Wills which were proved in the Welsh ecclesiastical courts before the
introduction of Civil Probate on 11 January 1858 have long been deposited at
The National Library of Wales. An online index and an opportunity to view
digital images of these wills within the Library building has been available
for some time, however, remote users can also view the digital images
following the release of a new site on 16 October.

 

Amongst the collection is the will of Twm Siôn Cati alias Thomas Johnes,
Fountaine Gate, Caron (SD1609-20), this year being the 400th anniversary of
his death. The will of Howell Harris, the famous Welsh religious reformer
can also be seen (BR1773-51).  

 

As well as being a fabulous source of information the National Library’s
online wills offer the ability to view all 193,000 wills free of charge, a
service few other similar institutions are able to offer. Whilst most
institutions charge readers to view their documents, the Library only
charges for providing copies of them.

 

More information can be viewed at http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=1514
<http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=1514&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=
2640&tx_ttnews%5bbackPid%5d=160&cHash=d41a0c9a42>
&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=2640&tx_ttnews%5bbackPid%5d=160&cHash=d41
a0c9a42.

 

Roger Lewry

FFHS Archives Liaison

exec.member.rl at ffhs.org.uk

19 October 2009

 

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