"Wills are truly the most wonderful source for family history. They provide unparalleled evidence on relationships, enabling extensive family trees to be constructed. Wills may also lead to you other sources, such as title deeds or manorial records, due to the description of land holdings. They also help you to pinpoint relevant baptisms, marriages and burials and supply valuable details about a person’s occupation and residence. What I love most of all is that through wills, you can discover who was the testator’s nearest and dearest and how they wanted their personal possessions and real estate to be distributed after their death. Nevertheless, many family historians ignore this important record source, believing, erroneously, that their family will never feature in them because they were just ordinary folk. Only rich people will be found in wills! The purpose of this article is to make you think again."
https://genealogyjude.com/2022/10/22/the-wonderful-world-of-wills/
