Thread: wills

Hi does anyone know where I can search and order copies of wills from?

Some great information on Wills can be found in our Genealogy Guide at



http://www.ancestryaid.co.uk/guide/misc.php#wills

Hello



if your looking after 1858 your local Probate office will have a computer and search system got you to use....you order your 'find', pay £5 and get the info 4 days later. I didnot need to book to use the service in Manchester



I went with the idea of getting 12 wills and only found 2, evidently a lot of people then didnot have money or possessions so did find a need to make a will, still it is a useful tool worth knowing and if you do not find at least you had the satisfaction of searching



http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/i...bate/index.htm

Elsaabels

You can order wills, grants of probate or letters of administration by post from:



The Postal Searches and Copies Department,

The Probate Registry,

Castle Chambers,

Clifford Street,

York YO1 9RG.



Give them the name and the year of death and they will search four years from the date given. The fee is £5. Longer searches are charged at £3 per four-year period. Download application form and info from www.theprobateservice.gov.uk (Those fees were correct when I used the service last year.)

If its before 1858 you can find and download them on The National Archives website for £3.50 a Will.

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Hi does anyone know where I can search and order copies of wills from?

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Simply go here :



http://www.probaterecords.co.uk/default.aspx