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Find a will in South Wales

To find a will for someone who lived in South Wales, search the England and Wales probate records. Once probate is granted, the will is public and a copy costs £16. The records are a single national index, so you can search from Cardiff or any of the CF, NP postcode areas online, no local office needed.

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Enter the person's name and year of death. The national index covers everyone from South Wales, whichever registry issued the grant.

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Towns and areas in South Wales

Wills for people from across South Wales are all in the same national index, including these main towns:

CardiffNewportBarryPontypriddCaerphillyBridgend

Postcode areas: CF, NP.

Example grants from the South Wales area

Real records from the public probate index for estates in this area.

Phyllis Georgina BrownMonmouth · grant 2019
Illtyd ThomasUnited Kingdom · grant 2019
Kathleen JohnsonNewport · grant 2020

Tips for a South Wales search

Records are filed under the year the grant was issued, not the year of death (see the grant-year trap), and an exact-name search misses maiden names and spellings. If a search finds nothing, read why a search finds nothing.

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