Hi to fellow listers Have received a copy of a Will proved Oxford 1866 of an ancestor. At the end of it "17 folios" is recorded. What exactly does this mean? Is it possible there is further information I can obtain on the Estate etc? Your help much appreciated. Kind regards Pat in Western Australia -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.5 - Release Date: 7/04/2005

Hi Pat It's probably related to the length of the document. Years ago I also came across a reference to folios, and thought it meant the number of pages, but according to my dictionary, in law it refers to the number of words. A folio is either 72 or 90 in the UK, or 100 in the USA. Regards John -----Original Message----- From: Pat Ricketts [mailto:ricketts@omninet.net.au] Sent: 09 April 2005 04:48 To: BUCKS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BKM] Folios Hi to fellow listers Have received a copy of a Will proved Oxford 1866 of an ancestor. At the end of it "17 folios" is recorded. What exactly does this mean? Is it possible there is further information I can obtain on the Estate etc? Your help much appreciated. Kind regards Pat in Western Australia -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.5 - Release Date: 7/04/2005 ==== BUCKS Mailing List ==== View or download up to 20000 archive photos of Buckinghamshire from the Bucks County Council web site at: http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/photo_database -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.9.5 - Release Date: 07/04/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.9.5 - Release Date: 07/04/2005