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Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 3,393 Send Message	SpanishEyes	Report	12 Dec 2014 18:05
	I will in the next few days look as I have just read this and I am out. Bridget
	Researching: Wrenn, Ford, and many others!
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	12 Dec 2014 16:50
	This site https://www.gov.uk/find-persons-will has been updated to include the on-line searching for all years from 1958.
Member Since: September 2008 Posts: 1,617 Send Message	Jean	Report	3 Nov 2014 13:31
	Thank you for replying Peter, No I haven't I will give that a go.
Member Since: December 2010 Posts: 169 Send Message	Petef	Report	1 Nov 2014 13:26
	Have you looked under UK Wills too, Jean? I thought Wills were proven in the country where you lived and had some property to leave?.............. I might be wrong though. Peter
	Researching: Italy Goa France
Member Since: September 2008 Posts: 1,617 Send Message	Jean	Report	30 Oct 2014 17:29
	Just reading through this thread, very useful and lots of links but I wonder if anyone knows about scottish seaman who died at sea (he drowned ). in 1885 in Germany., I have looked on Scotlands people at the Wills and Testaments but he is not on there I wonder if anyone can suggest any other websites thank you
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	28 Oct 2014 08:13
	The Lost Cousins latest newsletter has a section on using that site. This thread contains some comments on using the gov.uk site mentioned above. http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1345916
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	6 Oct 2014 09:56
	It is, I am just trying to keep this thread up to date by adding the extra link to it. Anyone can add to Jonesey's threads.
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 2,822 Send Message	DazedConfused	Report	6 Oct 2014 08:41
	Is this thread not in the 'Jonesey' collection
	Researching: We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 5,249 Send Message	Kense	Report	3 Jul 2014 08:31
	See also: http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1185837 This site is useful https://www.gov.uk/find-persons-will Note that you can now search for wills for those who died in 1996 or later.
Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 3,659 Send Message	Renes	Report	26 Jun 2013 13:27
Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 3,659 Send Message	Nudging up for my friend Enjoy
Member Since: February 2008 Posts: 7,326 Send Message	DameShelly("\(o)/")	Report	31 Jan 2013 18:21
	nudge as i need to read this later
	Researching: Re-searching Barber and Marrow Wickhambrook Suffolk
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 2,865 Send Message	Chris in Sussex	Report	31 Jan 2013 12:05
	Probate records before 1858... National Archives Podcast http://tinyurl.com/a4dcqfr Chris
	Researching: Avatar...My darling Dad. 1931-2019 'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations. 'A brickwall is a problem that you haven't solved yet' Dave Annal http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/brick-walls-and-lost-ancestors/
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 2,822 Send Message	DazedConfused	Report	12 Jan 2013 13:26
	nudge nudge
	Researching: We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!
Member Since: May 2008 Posts: 5,162 Send Message	Jonesey	Report	31 Oct 2012 08:57
	Sylvia's nudge has reminded me that something in this thread needed updating. The date range of the Probate Calendar database on Ancestry has been increased and now includes records up to 1966. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 Amongst all the other useful information that a will or even just the probate calendar entry can provide is the name of the wills executor(s) or the person to whom administration was granted. These might be the deceased's wife, husband, their child(ren), the spouse of a child or the deceased's parent(s) or the deceased's sibling(s). That information could confirm that you are following the right path and provide a clue as to whether others associated with the deceased were still around when the deceased died. Happy hunting.
	Researching: Don't put off until tomorrow doing what you can do today. If you like doing it today you can do it again tomorrow. Be kind to your children for it is they who will decide which care home you end up in.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,062 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	31 Oct 2012 03:58
	nudge
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 3,393 Send Message	SpanishEyes	Report	12 Sep 2012 18:02
	:-)
	Researching: Wrenn, Ford, and many others!
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,195 Send Message	Joy	Report	12 Sep 2012 16:05
	:-)
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	17 May 2012 18:26
	Nudge up
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 3,393 Send Message	SpanishEyes	Report	9 Mar 2012 08:58
	I am nudging this because it is so useful. I am now going to try to find some wills for my afford zfamily who originate from Mere in Wiltshire up to my grandfather when the family moved to London. A lot of interesting advice on here, zthank you to all who have submitted information. Bridget, still in Spain
	Researching: Wrenn, Ford, and many others!
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 11,594 Send Message	~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ 007 1/2	Report	13 Jan 2012 22:31
	wow 2/3 of people left a will ???!! Not in my family it appears...the odds were very much lower than that. very useful thread Jonesey. Thank you. And thank you Joy for pointing me in the right direction :)

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