Millions of wills dating back to 1858 go online

Millions of wills including those of Charles Dickens, Winston Churchill, Alan Turing, and Beatrix Potter are now available online.

The British government is making its full archive of wills, which dates back to 1858 and contains 41m wills, available to the public in a searchable database.

People will be able to use it to find out about their own family history, as well as looking up the wills of famous and influential people.