A will is only likely to end up on Scotland's people if it was registered. There are 2 ways a will gets registered. The testator (name for the person making the will) has to be dead before registration. The executor (or if not a lawyer, the family solicitor -attorney in the USA) arranged for the will to be registered either in the books of the local Sheriff Court, usually as part of the process of applying for Confirmation (the court procedure and document which authorises the executor to administer the estate) or in the Books of Council and Session in Edinburgh. If someone died but his/her estate was too small to require the executor(s) to apply for Confirmation, the will would not need to be registered and would just be used to carry out the wishes of the deceased. Such a will would probably just be thrown away once the estate was wound up. Dan I wonder what makes you think Ann Jenkins had a will? Most people then and still today die without making a will and their estates are dealt with under the rules of Intestacy, which in Scotland are I think about to be updated again to reflect the changes in the "nuclear family". Hope this helps Mark -----Original Message----- From: angus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:angus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of woolary Sent: 10 January 2013 05:08 To: angus@rootsweb.com Subject: [ANGUS] ScotlandsPeople Wills I have been looking for a Will on ScotlandsPeople for Ann Jenkins who died November 25, 1917 at 30 Bank St in Arbroath. I am not having any luck finding this Will but I have found her sister-in- laws Will who is also Ann Jenkins who died February 5, 1910. If a Will is not on ScotlandsPeople does this mean the person had no Will? Dan ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ANGUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message