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Wills
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Anne | Report | 29 Feb 2004 23:14 |
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At any record office (archive) in England you can search the 'Probate Calendar' which has been published every year since 1858 and lists every will which was proved in that year in the country (not just locally). NOTE this is not necessarily the year in which the person died and could be even a few years later. I have had some great results from wills, specially one of a gguncle who did not have children of his own. He mentioned eleven people in his will and tied up lots of loose ends!! Anne |
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David_Vickers | Report | 29 Feb 2004 19:30 |
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Anybody looking for older Scottish wills may have luck at www.scottishdocuments(.)com - leave out the brackets as always! David |
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Caroline | Report | 29 Feb 2004 17:18 |
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Thanks folks Had a quick look at the documents online site but nothing came up for any of my names! :o( |
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Irene | Report | 29 Feb 2004 17:00 |
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Also PRO wills, just type in the surname and see if there are any that could be yours. These are the early ones before 1850. You can download a copy for £3.00 and save it to your computer. Found a few of those and they are very useful. Irene |
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Kevin | Report | 29 Feb 2004 16:13 |
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A good place for old wills on line is www[.] documentsonline[.]pro[.]gov[.]uk as always take out the brackets |
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Caroline | Report | 29 Feb 2004 15:23 |
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Thanks Bob I'll give it a look. Caroline |
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Bob | Report | 29 Feb 2004 15:19 |
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You will get lots of info by searching for "wills and probate" but there is a definitive answer on: http://www[.]courtservice.gov.uk/cms/3800.htm [take out the brackets] Bob |
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Caroline | Report | 29 Feb 2004 15:06 |
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I've seen lots of people mention about looking at old wills etc. How on earth do you find these wills? Caroline |
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