Genealogy Chat

Also bear in mind that even if there is a will, but the estate is very small, it may not be worth the expense of having the will proved, therfore no official record will be held.

This is what happened with my wife's grandparents. The administrator, did however distribute what there was of the estate in accordance with their wishes.

You can only search wills by the name of the person who made the will, not by the beneficiaries.

Thankyou I will have to do by post as am in Wales but thats really helpful

Karrie

The National Archives have a factsheet on Wills
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/rdleaflet.asp?sLeafletURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Enationalarchives%2Egov%2Euk%2Fcatalogue%2Fleaflets%2Fri2301%2Ehtm&lBack=-1


Or HMCS
Have wills from 1858 - present
http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/1226.htm

If you're located in London you can search for yourself, pay £5.00 in approx 1 hour and you can walk away with a copy. If not they have a 'by post' service - see the above link.

MB

Hi, as a child I remeber that my mother was left a small ammount of money but can't find out where from and would like to tie this into her history ,is there a list of wills for London I can look it up on ? cheers Karrie