WikiTree Sourcer UK Probate Search examples

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Location: England & Wales
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The UK government probatesearch web site provides access to three record sets. These are described on the National Archives page here. The three record sets are:

1. Index to wills and administrations (1858–1995). This also contains images of the pages from the National Probate Calendar
2. Index to wills and administrations (1996 to present)
3. Index to soldiers’ wills (1850–1986)

There is some discussion on the Evidence Explained forum about how to cite UK probate records here.

Contents 1 Index to wills and administrations (1858–1995) 1.1 Example Sourcer narratives with citations 2 Index to wills and administrations (1996 to present) 2.1 Example Sourcer narratives with citations 3 Index to soldiers’ wills (1850–1986) 3.1 Example Sourcer narratives with citations 4 Ancestry Probates 4.1 Example Sourcer narratives with citations 5 Sources

Index to wills and administrations (1858–1995)

The information in the probate calendar page images is not transcribed. So Sourcer will prompt the user to transcribe parts of it when creating a citation.

The information provided on the pages changed in about 1968 and again in 1973.

Item	1858-1967	1968-1972	1973-present
Last name	yes	yes	yes
First names	yes	yes	yes
AKA / see Also	yes	yes	yes
Residence	yes	yes	yes
Status ("widow" or "wife of...")	yes	no	no
Death date	yes	yes	yes
Death location	yes	no	no
Record type	yes	yes	yes
Probate registry	yes	yes	yes
Probate/Grant date	yes	yes	yes
Granted to	yes	no	no
Effects	yes	yes	yes
Reference number	no	no	yes

Example Sourcer narratives with citations

Ralph died on 8 September 1958 at Middlesex Hospital, London W.1 and his estate passed probate on 13 October 1958 in London.^[1][2][3]

William died on 19 September 1958 residing at 22 Cumberland Rd, Brighton and his estate passed probate on 3 December 1973 in Brighton.^[4]

Index to wills and administrations (1996 to present)

Example Sourcer narratives with citations

Dorothy died on 2 January 2011 and their estate passed probate on 9 March 2011 in Winchester.^[5]

Index to soldiers’ wills (1850–1986)

Example Sourcer narratives with citations

Thomas died on 16 May 1918.^[6]

Ancestry Probates

Example Sourcer narratives with citations

Ancestry has a record collection for the "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995". Here are some citations of that for comparison.

Ralph died on 8 September 1958 in London, England and their estate passed probate on 13 October 1958 in London, England.^[7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ Probate: "England and Wales, Index to wills and administrations (1858-1995)"
   England & Wales National Probate Calendar 1958, page 410
   Probate Search/Find A Will (UK) (accessed 20 June 2023)
   PAVEY Ralph Edgar 14 New Oak Road, Finchley, London N.2 died 8 September 1958 at Middlesex Hospital, London W.1. Administration London 13 October 1958 to Elsie Sarah Pavey. Effects £477 7s. 4d.
2. ↑ Note: the following citation is the same record but with different sourcer options for the data line.
3. ↑ Probate: "England & Wales, Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1995"
   England & Wales National Probate Calendar 1958, page 410
   Probate Search/Find A Will (UK) (accessed 16 June 2023)
   Ralph Edgar Pavey probate on 13 Oct 1958 in London. Died 8 Sep 1958 at Middlesex Hospital, London W.1.
4. ↑ Probate: "England and Wales, Index to wills and administrations (1858-1995)"
   England & Wales National Probate Calendar 1973, page 104
   Probate Search/Find A Will (UK) (accessed 20 June 2023)
   ALLEN William Frederick otherwise William Beresford of 22 Cumberland Rd, Brighton died 19 September 1958. Administration (with Will) Brighton 3 December 1973. Effects £3750 Former Grant D P R 27 October 1958 730513688H.
5. ↑ Probate: "England and Wales, Index to wills and administrations (1996 to present)"
   Probate year: 2011; Probate number: 3495477
   Probate Search/Find A Will (UK) (accessed 20 June 2023)
   PAVEY Dorothy Margaret died 2 January 2011. Date of probate: 9 March 2011; Probate number: 3495477; Document type: PROBATE; Registry office: Winchester.
6. ↑ Probate: "Index to soldiers' wills (1850-1986)"
   Wills of soldiers who died while serving in the British Armed Forces
   Probate Search/Find A Will (UK) (accessed 20 June 2023)
   PAVEY Thomas Frank died while serving in the British armed forces 16 May 1918. Regiment number: 31763.
7. ↑ Note: the following citation is from Ancestry but for the same record as the first citation.
8. ↑ Probate: "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995"
   Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1904 #17893479 (accessed 16 June 2023)
   Ralph Edgar Pavey probate on 13 Oct 1958 in London, England. Died 8 Sep 1958 in London, England.