Find a will · the West Midlands
Find a will in the West Midlands
To find a will for someone who lived in the West Midlands, 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 Birmingham or any of the B, CV, WV, DY, WS postcode areas online, no local office needed.
Search the records
Enter the person's name and year of death. The national index covers everyone from the West Midlands, whichever registry issued the grant.
Towns and areas in the West Midlands
Wills for people from across the West Midlands are all in the same national index, including these main towns:
Postcode areas: B, CV, WV, DY, WS.
Example grants from the the West Midlands area
Real records from the public probate index for estates in this area.
Tips for a the West Midlands 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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