IHBC members with an interest in property research, archives and genealogy will welcome a new Ministry of Justice initiative which makes millions of wills available online for the first time, as well as the turn of the year making new archival information available at National Libraries and online.
The following archives have been made available:
- Online searchable wills (via MoJ)
- Births in 1914, marriages in 1939 and deaths in 1964 from the National Records of Scotland
- Cabinet office records from 1984
- School records from 1870 – 1914 revealing the effects of wartime
- Public Records Office Northern Ireland (PRONI) records from 1986 in Northern Ireland (including Belfast City Centre redevelopment plans)
- National Archives of Ireland annual additions information
