Thanks for that, Elizabeth.
Something I noticed after I had done a few unsuccessful searches was that there are separate tabs at the top for 1996 - present and 1858-1996, but if you are on the wrong tab you will just get "no matches", not a message telling you that the year you entered is out of range.
There doesn't seem to be an advanced search facility for 1858-1996, just surname and year, although there is an advanced search for 1996 onwards. You will get back a page or set of pages from the National Probate Calendar which you have to browse through to see whether there is an entry for the person you are looking for. In the early years, note that there may be pages for Wills and separate pages for Administrations.
And if you are looking for someone who died in the year 1996, you need to use the "1996 to present" tab, not the 1858-1996 one, although you might think it was included in both. They should change the second one to 1858-1995.
I can't see why they have included "Folio Number" in the fields to fill in when ordering a will, since it isn't shown in the calendar?
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