Where there's a will...

[Phoenix]

Forty years ago, a friend I made at a family history conference explained how she had inspected the wills for an entire village to extract references to her family.

Now that I am retired and have the time to do this, I have been working through Wiltshire wills with amazing results. I am almost certain that I can take yet another branch of my family back beyond the Civil War.

I've always found wills the most amazing resource, and looking at communities gives a different slant on families as it's showing support networks - friends, work colleagues etc.

What are your experiences?