We have received the following message from Gloucester Archives:

The first batch of images from Gloucestershire Archives - Gloucestershire wills and inventories 1541-1858 - are going live on Ancestry this weekend.

The second and larger collection of images - the parish registers - will appear later in the year.

People can access Ancestry for free at all Gloucestershire Libraries as well as at Gloucestershire Archives and the Gloucestershire Family History Centre.