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TIP OF THE DAY...THE WILL

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Joy

Joy Report 12 Sep 2012 16:05

:-)

SpanishEyes

SpanishEyes Report 12 Sep 2012 18:02

:-)

Researching:
Wrenn, Ford, and many others!

SylviaInCanada

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.

Jonesey

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.

DazedConfused

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!!

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 31 Jan 2013 12:05

Probate records before 1858...

National Archives Podcast
http://tinyurl.com/a4dcqfr

Chris

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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/

Dame*Shelly*(

Dame*Shelly*("\(*o*)/") Report 31 Jan 2013 18:21

nudge as i need to read this later

Researching:
Re-searching Barber and Marrow Wickhambrook Suffolk

Renes

Renes Report 26 Jun 2013 13:27

Nudging up for my friend


Enjoy

Kense

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.

DazedConfused

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!!

Kense

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.

Kense

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

Jean

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

Petef

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

Jean

Jean Report 3 Nov 2014 13:31

Thank you for replying Peter,

No I haven't I will give that a go.

Kense

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.

SpanishEyes

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!

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