some counties have a flat fee some charge 1.00 a page what does Cook County charge? take care, Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois Campbell" <luv2pla@earthlink.net> To: "Raven Fan" <tm5173@comcast.net>; <Jaycoxsusa@aol.com>; <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 6:34 PM Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Cook County Wills Online Index Search > Thanks, Bobbi. That's what I'm hoping to find...the names of their > children. > How many pages did yours average? I assume they charge 'by the page', > right? > If it's too costly, I may have to spread it out over time. > Lois > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Raven Fan" <tm5173@comcast.net> > To: "Lois Campbell" <luv2pla@earthlink.net>; <Jaycoxsusa@aol.com>; > <cook-co-il@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 6:42 AM > Subject: Re: Cook County Wills Online Index Search > > >> Hi, >> >> I requested the Probate Wills of both my grandfathers and received them >> in >> a short amount of time. I didn't even have the Index Number or Filing >> Date. I filled out the Probate Will Request at the Cook County site, did >> whatever they asked of me, and received the complete court proceedings. >> >> At first I was just curious to know what was contained in these papers. >> After reading them I discovered that one of my grandfathers had 10 >> children, not 8 as I knew at the time. This led me to find those birth & >> death certs plus locate the graves of the children. This led to even >> more >> interesting information. >> >> Good Luck in getting those Probate Will papers. Go for it! >> >> Take care >> >> Bobbi McCaffrey >> >> >> From: "Lois Campbell" <luv2pla@earthlink.net> >> >> >>>I just got around to checking the "Probate Will Index" and "Probate Case >>>Search" databases and was pleasantly surprised to see five possible >>>relatives. I made note of the case numbers and filing dates. Are these >>>public records? I looked all over the site but I couldn't details on >>>acquiring copies. Has anyone had experience with this? >>> >>> Lois in CA >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message