Hi Joy Since you have the Reference numbers, I think you (or someone for you) can go to look at the Will packet at NSW State Records at Kingswood - they charge 20c per A4 page for photocopying. Haven't done it myself, but have seen others researching wills. Did you search an online Probate Index for the ref. nos? If so could you tell me where. Best wishes Lyn Sydney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy" <lyko@aanet.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-SYDNEY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 12:34 PM Subject: [ANS] OBTAINING WILLS > Hi everyone > > My name is Joy Light and I am fairly new to this list and NSW > researching, having most of my families coming from Victoria, where I > live. > > I am wishing to obtain a couple of wills, which I have found the > reference numbers for in the Probate Index. > Is there a cheap way of getting copies of these wills please? > > In Victoria we can go to the Public Record Office and either transcribe > the will ourselves or get it photocopies for about 70c a page. > > The last and only time I ordered a will from NSW, I was charged $56 for > just 6 pages. Now I admit the cover letter came on beautiful paper and > the will was a good photocopy and it was in a nice little display > folder, but I can do without all of that, I just need the information. > At that rate, if I could hire a researcher to go and transcribe them for > me and it would still be cheaper. The other alternative would be if I > could transcribe it myself, would be to get a cheap flight up to Sydney > for the day, and do it myself. > > Any advice would be truly appreciated on the best way to go. > > Regards > > Joy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >