Where there’s 41 million wills, there’s a way

“41 million wills available to search online for the first time,” a press release from the UK’s Ministry of Justice trumpeted. The truth is somewhat more prosaic, but still reflects an excellent initiative that should be emulated by Ontario. The UK government, in partnership with Iron Mountain, has electronically archived 41 million wills dating back to 1858, including those of “Charles Dickens, Winston Churchill, Alan Turing and Beatrix Potter.” However,….

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