Subscribe >
Help
Member Login
Username Password (Forgot?)

Try out the New Ancestry Search

Search Court, Land, Wills & Financial Records


About This Category:
Researchers often overlook the importance of court records, probate records, and land records as a source of family history information.

Featured Titles in this Category:
 Ireland, Index to Griffith’s Valuation  - New!
 Ireland, Tithe Applotment Books  - New!

Search Individual Titles in this Category:
 Include databases originating outside the UK
 
A Guide to Copies and Abstracts of Irish Wills
Aberdeen, Scotland, Register of Testaments, 1715-1800
American Colonists in English Records
American Data from the Records of the High Court of the Admiralty of Scotland, 1675-1800
American Wills and Administrations - New!
American Wills Proved in London, 1611-1775
Ayrshire, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records
Banffshire, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records
Bedfordshire, England: Parish and Probate Records
British Chancery Records, 1386-1558
Buckinghamshire, England: Parish and Probate Records
Caithness, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records
Cambridgeshire, England: Parish and Probate Records
Charters of Bury St Edmunds' Medieval Hospitals
Charters of St Bartholomew's Priory, Sudbury
Cheshire, England: Parish and Probate Records
Churchwardens' Accounts of Cratfield, 1640-1660
Clackmannanshire, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records
Cornwall, England: Parish and Probate Records
Dorset, England: Parish and Probate Records
Dumfries-shire, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records
Dunbartonshire, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records
Dundonald, Scotland Charter Chest, 1219-1672
Elizabethan Ipswich Town Finances
England Manorial Law and Customs
English Estates of American Colonists, 1610-1699
English Estates of American Colonists, 1700-1799
English Estates of American Settlers
Essex, England: Parish and Probate Records
Eye Priory Cartulary and Charters
Field Book of Walsham-Le-Willows, 1577
Flintshire, Wales: Parish and Probate Records
Genealogical Gleanings in England, Vol. II
Glamorgan, Wales: Parish and Probate Records
Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536-1810
Indexes to Irish Wills, 1536-1857, Vol. I
Indexes to Irish Wills, 1536-1857, Vol. II
Indexes to Irish Wills, 1536-1857, Vol. III
Indexes to Irish Wills, 1536-1857, Vol. IV
Indexes to Irish Wills, 1536-1857, Vol. V
Ipswich Probate Inventories, 1583-1631
Ireland, Index to Griffith’s Valuation, 1848-1864
Ireland, Tithe Applotment Books, 1824-1837
Irish Flax Growers List, 1796
Irish Wills Indexes
Perthshire, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records
Quaker Records, Dublin, Abstracts of Wills
Red Book of the Exchequer
Return of Owners of Land in Ireland 1876
Scottish-American Court Records, 1733-1783
Scottish-American Heirs, 1683-1883
Scottish-American Wills, 1650-1900
Sibton Abbey Estates, 1325-1509
Sudbury Archdeaconry Wills, 1439-1638
Virginia Gleanings in England
Wigtown, Scotland Charter Chest, 1214-1681
Wills of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 1439-1461
Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1620-1624
Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 1625-1626
General Search Tips
  • If you don't get any matches with an exact search, try broadening your search by including less information.
  • Want to refine your "best matches" search? Try the Advanced Search options and fill out as much information as you can.
  • Use the Soundex search. Names are often misspelled in historical records. Soundex allows you to search for last names that "sound like" the one you're looking for. Try this even if you think the spelling is obvious. Remember, even Smith can be "misspelled" (e.g., Smithe, Smyth, Smythe).
  • Use a wildcard to view all words that begin with the same stem. You can use an asterisk for up to six characters. For example, a search for "fran*" will return matches such as Fran, Franny, Frank, Frannie, and Frankie. Use a question mark for a single character. For example, a search for "Hans?n" will return matches such as Hansen and Hanson.

Browse Records

View All Ancestry Titles 
New
Family Trees
  Family Trees
  - OneWorldTreeSM
  - Personal Member Trees
  - Public Member Trees
  - Ancestry World Tree
  - more...
Historical Records
  Census & Voter Lists
  - British Slave Registers
  - 1871 England Census - Updated
  - UK Census Collection
  - more...
  Birth, Marriage & Death
  - UK & Ireland Parish & Probate
  - England & Wales, BMD Index - Updated
  - English Settlers in Barbados
  - more...
  Immigration/Emigration
  - NSW Free Settlers - New
  - Irish Immigrants : New York Port
  - Persons of Quality Original List
  - more...
  Military
  - British Army WWI Medal Rolls - Updated
  - British Army WWI Service Records - Updated
  - British Army WWI Pensions
  - Royal Naval Casualties
  - more...
  Directories & Member Lists
  - Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates - New
  - British Phone Books
  - Cambridge University Alumni
  - Early UK and U.S. Directories
  - more...
  Court, Land, Wills & Financial
  - Ireland, Index to Griffith’s Valuation
  - Ireland, Tithe Applotment Books
  - more...
  Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Reference
  - Family Facts
  - England Topographical Dictionary
  - Ireland Gazetteer & Surname Guide
  - more...
Stories & Publications
  Stories, Memories & Histories
  - Scots-Irish
  - Irish Records Index
  - more...
  Newspapers & Periodicals
  - Southern Railway Magazine
  - Irish Independent Obituaries
  - more...
list all databases...  
recent website additions...  

Personal Links

My Ancestry