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Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 1,020 Send Message	RockyMountainShy	Report	3 Jul 2014 00:46
	I would like to buy the will of my great uncle, to see who he gave all his money too (as I am since a nosy person), but I don't even know where to begin, or the price. Can somebody please tell me. :-D :-D :-D
	Researching: Oxfordshire, Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire etc.
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 6,910 Send Message	nameslessone	Report	3 Jul 2014 09:01
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 6,910 Send Message	You can apply using this form: http://hmctsformfinder.justice.gov.uk/courtfinder/forms/pa001s-eng.pdf which has to be posted. The cost went up to £10 a few months ago. You must be able to give details of when and where he died.
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 26,550 Send Message	Gee	Report	3 Jul 2014 09:15
	If your great uncle died before 1966, Ancestry have probate details online. Post his details if you don't have access, we can take a look for you
	Researching:
Member Since: February 2009 Posts: 3,483 Send Message	Ricochet	Report	4 Jul 2014 13:38
	If the Will didn't go to Probate, no copy is available. and the £10.00 fee does not get refunded