Genealogy Chat

Yes, the Chester wills were direct from Chester.

I have 4 wills and they all have a date on when written.

One from 1885, he left everything to his wife -provided she did not marry again in which case it went his daughter.

The most interesting one was from the above said daughter which was 4 pages long and very detailed, with names, bequests, donations to charity etc. Every single one of her posessions from fur coats to wardrobes found a home. But it was the names in the will that enabled me to untangle a mystery. One of the best £5 I have ever spent.

Jennifer

I assume the Chester Wills were ordered via the Chester wills database and that's why they were cheaper? Pity other counties don't have the same thing!

I was a little disappointed in the will that I received in that it was just a typewritten copy and nowhere can I see a date as to when it was written. I was interested to know how soon before his death that he wrote it. He was only 45 when he died but I have his death certificate and know that he died of cancer so presumably he knew he was dying.
Just more questions! They never end.

I wonder why it was so much cheaper from Chester?

I got a will today, just a small handwrtitten one from a gt aunt and dated the day she died in 1932. So she must have known she was dying.

Jennifer

Wow MadMeg,
That was quick and a nice price as well, i paid £5 .0.0. for mine
I hope it was intresting reading ..
Hazelx

I applied to Chester for two wills. They arrived 3 days later, and cost only £3.50

Margaret,
so pleased that you got your will .
The silver tea& coffee service and a pianio....no i'm not guilty lol .
but i do hope it gives you some info that you can maybe follow up .
my will told me that my gt uncle didnt leave his wife a bean he gave it all to his sister and his wife remarried just 9 months later .
I had first thought that he had divorced his wife but that wasn't the case .
Hazelx

Just to let you know that I just received gt. grandad's will. This was the one ordered 18 August from Canada.
Now I would love to know what happened to the silver tea & coffee service and the piano that he left to his daughter. She died at the tender age of 14.

Hi Margaret,and Elisabeth ,
I hope you dont mind me speaking to you both on the same post .
ah see Margaret two minds think alike ..lol..

i had stopped waiting for the postman to come lol ..and bingo lolol
I do hope that Margaret in Canada get her's very soon ..and hopefully so will you
I had sent to London for this will but it came back from
Bishopgate Norwich
Now to do some digging .
Elisabeth, i havent come across anyone else that has done a will in my family, but i will keep looking ...but like you i will wait until the rush is over if i do find anything ...because the waiting is very nearly unbearable lolol
and lets know when you get it/them .
Hazelx

Hazel,

I'm pleased it has finally arrived, and has given you some more information. They really are fascinating.

Margaret - hope yours arrives soon.

I am now prompted to send for one or two more, just to give some insight into how families were sharing their money around. I might wait for a while, until the rush has finished.

Elisabeth

Hi Hazel,
Margaret in Canada is still waiting but it's only 8:20 in the morning here, no mail delivery yet.
I must have received a telepathic message from you. Just before you posted your message I was checking to see where the thread was in "My Threads". It had gone down to page 4 but now it's on page 1 again.
Maybe later today I'll be adding to it to say I received my will. I can only hope!

Hi everyone ,
i have recieved my g/uncle's will today .. and it leaves everything to my g/aunt and g/uncle who were his brother and sister ..
going by the will it seems as though he was divorced as his wife had another surname .. so something to try and look into ..

Has anyone else who is waiting had their's yet ...

I will look in later on
Hazelx

Hazel,

I did hope that it would give me some useful information, as the others had done.

It does show that the same firm of solicitors was being used back in 1930s, as has been used by this particular family to the present day. (They must have had a lot of fees over the years!)

Elisabeth

Oh thats a shame Elisabeth,
that it hasn't helped you ..
but looking on the lighter side of things
you dont have to wait for the postman any more lol
Hazelx

Just reporting in...

My final application for a will has arrived this morning. (cheque cashed 25th Aug, other two arrived 11 Sept.) I had applied to York, it had been proved in Nottingham, but the information came from Norwich. They are obviously spreading things around.

It hasn't helped me at all, as it is just Letters of Administration, not a full will.

Elisabeth

I'm still waiting. Unlike you Brits who, I think, still get mail delivery on Saturday? We don't so I have nothing to look forward to until Monday. Mine was sent 18 Aug. and it's now October!

Hi all ,
Well i'm back from my hols ...but still no will
I was hoping that it might come while i was away .
I glad that you got yours StinkerMurdock.
But like Elisabeth i will be asking some questions soon lol.
Hazelx

I'm pleased your wills have arrived Stinker.

I am still waiting for the third, despite the other two arriving much earlier.

I'll give them a few more days and then start asking questions.

Well they finally arrived this morning so can now move on a bit in my tree. Think I will order lots more all at once next time lol.