Wills are an extremely valuable, and are an often under-used source of genealogical information, but they can give details of family members, places of residence and burial as well as revealing details about their possessions.
This index edited by Francis J. Grant and published in 1897, is an index to Wills in Edinburgh for the years 1514-1600.
Arranged alphabetically by surname, together with first name/s, and a description (sometimes relationship to another person, sometimes 'of a place' is mentioned), together with the date.
Examples entries:
Knox, Bessie, sometime spouse to James Auldinstoun, in Quholplaw, dioces of Lauder, 31 July 1578
Raffell, Thomas, cobler, indweller in Edinburgh, 18 Sept 1592
This CD consists of high quality scans of the original text of the index, and has been made searchable, printable, and is fully bookmarked for easy navigation.
Please note this is an INDEX only, not transcriptions or copies of the original wills.
Please read carefully: This CD index is for Personal Use ONLY. So libraries, societies and other organisations CANNOT purchase this product. It is not allowed to be used for commercial use, library use, loan, provision of a lookup service or print service, it is also not allowed to be resold.
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