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Title: Wills
Post by: collin on Monday 04 August 25 15:47 BST (UK)

Hello
         I've had an e mail from a friend in Australia asking about finding wills  1600-1700 at Bourne in Lincolnshire. I haven't had any dealings with Lincolnshire, can anyone advise what to tell her
Thank you

Title: Re: Wills
Post by: KGarrad on Monday 04 August 25 16:06 BST (UK)

Research guide here:
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/wills-or-administrations-before-1858/

Title: Re: Wills
Post by: Blue70 on Monday 04 August 25 16:30 BST (UK)

The first step is usually to find a will index to narrow the search by date and type of record. The big genealogy sites have will indexes and there are usually some free indexes online. I find Family Search to be the best free resource for accessing very old wills. Register/sign in to Family Search (free), search on catalog under placename of Lincolnshire, England, then Probate records, then look at what's available to view.   


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Title: Re: Wills
Post by: BumbleB on Monday 04 August 25 16:34 BST (UK)

You could also contact Lincolnshire Archives to see if they can help.

https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/history-heritage/lincolnshire-archives/2

Title: Re: Wills
Post by: collin on Monday 04 August 25 17:43 BST (UK)

Thank you  I will pass those on

Title: Re: Wills
Post by: mckha489 on Monday 04 August 25 20:23 BST (UK)

Also family search may have something

https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/results?count=20&q.keywords=Probate&q.place=Lincolnshire%2C%20England%2C%20United%20Kingdom