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 Before looking for a will, you should search an index.
 '''Surrey &amp; South London Will Abstracts 1470-1856:'''&nbsp; [http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutbo-surrwills.htm http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutbo-surrwills.htm]<br>
-*This extraordinary collection is one of the most valuable on the British Origins website.&nbsp; It contains fully indexed abstracts of every Surrey will known to still exist, over 28,000 of them, dating from the 15th to 19th centuries; nearly all the originals are held at the London Metropolitan Archives.&nbsp; The abstracts include all personal names.&nbsp; This is a pay-per-use website.<br>
+*This collection, on the British Origins website, contains fully indexed abstracts of every Surrey will known to still exist, over 28,000 of them, dating from the 15th to 19th centuries.&nbsp; This is a subscription website.<br>
 '''The Surrey Plus Wills Index:'''&nbsp; [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/]
-*This website provides an index to names of all people appearing in the wills of testators residing in the county of Surrey (and nine other neighboring counties).&nbsp; Links are provided to transcripts of wills, where available.&nbsp; Last updated 13 Apr '08: Currently contains 41,362 names from 2,540 Surrey &amp; 1,099 non-Surrey wills.
+*This website provides an index to names of all people appearing in the wills of testators residing in the county of Surrey (and nine other neighboring counties).&nbsp; Links are provided to transcripts of wills, where available.&nbsp; <br>
 For other indexes, click on a court name in the list above.