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• Costs £11.50 per certificate if ordering on the basis of full name and approximate date of death, marriage or death
• Cost £8.50 if the General Register Office index reference (year, quarter, registration district, volume, page) also provided. This charge is reduced to £7 if ordered online.
• Can be ordered online at www.gro.gov.uk
• Can be ordered by phone from the General Register Office on 0870 243 7788
• Can be ordered by post from General Register Office at P.O. Box 2, Southport, Merseyside PR8 2JD

• Order by post from Postal Searches & Copies Dept, Probate Registry, Castle Chambers, Clifford Street, York, YO1 9RG (Tel: 01904-666777; Fax 01904-666776). The order form can be downloaded from www.courtservice.gov.uk.
• The minimum information required when ordering is the deceased's full name and either the date of death or the search period. If the search period is limited to 4 years, it costs £5 for the search and a single copy of the grant of probate together with the will (if any). Extending the search period costs an additional £3 for each 4 year extension.

• Once you have located where the will is located (see the notes on locating pre 1858 wills on this site) contact the repository (i.e. the National Archives, the Borthwick Institute or the relevant Record Office) to request a copy of the will - the charge will vary according to the repository involved