Hi Margaret, Thanks for this - as always the good folks at the LDS make searching easy. I searched for George Joyce and found him and then searched for George Joice, a common variant, and he was still there. Do that at the PRONI Wills database and you won't find him because it is so spelling sensitive But do remember one thing. PRONI does have quite a few of the actual wills photographed now and online at their website. Including my George Joyce. There was no mention of that at the Fs website. You could miss a lot if you do not use the two together. Boyd Gray http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm http://www.westulstergenealogy.com/ http://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DonnellyA Sent: 13 June 2013 19:39 To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [CoTyIre] Ordering Document from PRONI Ally, Did you notice that familysearch.org has just added a database of the Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations? Fairly good quality images from the printed books. https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1921305 and it is searchable by beneficiary/legatee name as well as by legator. Margaret ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 20:11:38 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [CoTyIre] Ordering Document from PRONI To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I just found in the Will Calendars a will for someone who may be an ancestor I checked the PRONI site and it is indeed listed, but it says 'No Image'. Does that mean there is no image online -OR- no image at all? Also, how would I go about ordering a copy of this will? Thanks, Ally ------------------------------ ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Agreed - I always check multiple databases when on the trail of an elusive ancestor. Most newspaper and other databases are extremely spelling sensitive, so wildcard searches are essential, when that option is available. Margaret snip But do remember one thing. PRONI does have quite a few of the actual wills photographed now and online at their website. Including my George Joyce. There was no mention of that at the Fs website. You could miss a lot if you do not use the two together. Boyd Gray

Please note that in the wills I just checked the beneficiary's names are actually the executors' names. These are wills for which I have the actual complete will image (from PRONI). Judith

HI, Am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that these are two different databases. That from PRONI is a Calendar of entries, and also has some full images. Being from PRONI it is mainly concerned with Northern Ireland. And the FamilySearch offering is from the National Archives of Ireland; it mainly covers the Republic, and is a Calendar of entries only. Nancy McLaughlin Woodend, NZ On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:43 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Margaret, > > Thanks for this - as always the good folks at the LDS make searching easy. > I searched for George Joyce and found him and then searched for George > Joice, a common variant, and he was still there. Do that at the PRONI > Wills > database and you won't find him because it is so spelling sensitive > > But do remember one thing. PRONI does have quite a few of the actual wills > photographed now and online at their website. Including my George Joyce. > There was no mention of that at the Fs website. You could miss a lot if > you > do not use the two together. > > Boyd Gray > > http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm > > http://www.westulstergenealogy.com/ > > http://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DonnellyA > Sent: 13 June 2013 19:39 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [CoTyIre] Ordering Document from PRONI > > Ally, > > Did you notice that familysearch.org has just added a database of the > Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations? Fairly good quality images > from the printed books. https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1921305 > and it is searchable by beneficiary/legatee name as well as by legator. > > Margaret > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 20:11:38 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [CoTyIre] Ordering Document from PRONI > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I just found in the Will Calendars a will for someone who may be an > ancestor > I checked the PRONI site and it is indeed listed, but it says 'No Image'. > Does that mean there is no image online -OR- no image at all? Also, how > would I go about ordering a copy of this will? > > Thanks, > Ally > > ------------------------------ > > >