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wills
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Maisy | Report | 29 Dec 2014 10:02 |
Does anybody know if you can still go to the probate office and get a copy of a will or is it all done online now. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 29 Dec 2014 10:15 |
It's all online now as the Probate Office research room in Holborn has now been closed. |
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Maisy | Report | 29 Dec 2014 10:21 |
In the past I have been to London and waited 1 hour and collected wills. I haven't done much family history for a while and so now find that it's all changed. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 29 Dec 2014 10:35 |
I went there 2 years ago, at which time the notice said to order and come back the next day. It's probably all done to save costs. There was the option to have it posted. |
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BrianW | Report | 29 Dec 2014 17:05 |
You can actually glean a lot of useful informstion from the index at Https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills |
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Maisy | Report | 30 Dec 2014 09:00 |
Thank you for your replies. I will order online. |
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nameslessone | Report | 31 Dec 2014 15:34 |
According to the latest Family Tree mag the London office was closing on 19th December. Regional search rooms will close when 'the new online service is operating satisfactorily'. There is also a suggestion that the postal applications from Leeds will also cease at some date. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 31 Dec 2014 18:10 |
It would be a shame if the post 1996 entries review means that they are withdrawn. |
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nameslessone | Report | 1 Jan 2015 09:45 |
The article says ' At a meeting held on 2nd December at the London Search room, senior HMCTS managers met with users and acknowledged that the 1996+ search is not currently satisfactory and will be reviewed'. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 1 Jan 2015 09:58 |
Well that's a relief! I was expecting the review to say less, not more :-) |
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nameslessone | Report | 1 Jan 2015 16:54 |
Would the map really help? Sometimes I wonder if the Registry is actually where the executors are based rather than the deceased. The postal one I am waiting for gives an address for the deceased in one county but the will was probated in another. I found something similar in the listings for another person. Then you also have to remember that in WW11 the London Registry was moved to Wales. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 1 Jan 2015 21:43 |
A map could help, especially with the later probate entries where the principle residence isn’t mentioned. For instance, my parents both died in Kent, but the probate grant was issued in Brighton, Sussex. Neither I, the solicitor nor them lived any where near the county border. |
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nameslessone | Report | 2 Jan 2015 09:37 |
That's interesting. One of the two was a North Kent/Brighton one. The deceased HAD lived in the Brighton area but spent her last year with a family member in Kent. |