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 >