BIG NEWS from Ancestry!
In a press release today, Ancestry announced the launch of 170 million pages from the largest collection of wills and probate records in the U.S. - that means searchable records from 337 years (1668-2005) and all 50 states!
But even better, to celebrate the launch of the new U.S. Wills and Probate records, Ancestry.com is offering FREE access to the entire collection along with all U.S. birth, marriage and death records through Monday, September 7 (11 pm CDT).
You can get more details here: http://corporate.ancestry.com/press/press-releases/2015/9/Ancestry-Launches-Largest-Online-Collection-of-Wills-and-Probate-Records-in-United-States/
This collection has huge potential! I quickly found the will of my Revolutionary War ancestor, Leonard Stahl, who died in Pennsylvania in 1829 -- a document showing the names of his children and which I'd previously secured only after the expenditure of both time and money.