Genealogy Chat

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23861821

Roy

This is the link to the search:

https://www.gov.uk/probate-search

I've just been searching and have found only one soldier out of about fifteen WW1 deaths in my tree. I had hoped to find a will for my grandfather's brother but was unsuccessful. Maybe he will be in the next batch to be released.

The cost of a will is £6.

None of mine there either....

How sad Adeline - 15 WW1 deaths on your tree. I have always said how blessed my family was. Every last one of them came home. Only 2 from OHs family didn't make home and both of them served with Canadian regiments.

thanks for this iwas hopeing to find my aunts oh in my pic but may have found a rellie of his

sally w <3

has anyone managed to pay for a will on ww1 soldiers wills?
i have found one but seems to be a problem as it doesnt go to a page you can pay for the will.
:(

Louise, I am having the same problem, it misses out the payment details page and skips to the payment confirmation page.

I will try again tomorrow.

Roy

roy
thanks for replying-its been driving me mad. at least its not just me !

me too! very frustrating, as I've found 2 of my chaps

The article did say;...The wills, which are owned by Her Majesty's Court and Tribunal Service (HMCTS), are being digitised in time for next year's centenary of WWI.

so I wonder if they will not allow them to be downloaded until then?

Roy

Thank you so much for the link.

I've found both mine on there, just a shame we can't get them yet.

Chris

Yes!!! :-D :-D :-D

Mind you, as great Uncle George was unmarried, anything probably went to his mother.
Something to spend our hard-earned on tomorrow.

Thank's Roy :-D

Having re-checked the site today for my great-uncle's will, I found his unusual first name mistranscribed and I have now managed to place an order. Click on the card provider symbol on the Payment Confirmation page and the payment details page then appears.

But...don't get too excited! You have to wait up to ten days for the will download to become available. I hope, in view of the patience I now need to show, that mine will say a bit more than "I leave everything to my mother." It just shows how much we have come to expect instant results at the click of a mouse!

Adeline, When I tried yesterday the Payment Confirmation page never gave you a choice of card providers it only gave the option to cancel

I have now order 3 of my grandmothers brothers will's and look forward to what ever info they hold

Roy

I also couldn't get past the Payment Confirmation page yesterday or this morning. It just worked the first time I tried this afternoon.

The article only seems to mention WW1 examples, but the site gives dates from 1850 to 1986. I have found someone who was killed in WW2.

Now edited as I should have said 'WW1 examples' and not just 'WW1'.

Annx, The article says;...Paragraph 5....The huge online archive is also as part of a larger project to make all war wills publicly available, dating from the Boer War to the Falklands

and the government probate site says;.....Search for the will of a soldier who died while serving in the British armed forces between 1850 and 1986

Roy

do you think we will be able to print the will s

I have just ordered one

Lilybids, Hope so, Even if the site won't let you there's usualy a way round these things

Roy

Porkie-pie Thank -you