Hi Bev: >From the front page of the Devon Wills Project: > USING THE INDEX > • Check in the 'Form' Column - if it doesn't say 'le', you're in luck! Somewhere there is the original, a copy, a transcript or an abstract of that person's will. If it does say 'le', check nearby entries to see if there is a similar entry that says 'or', 'co', 'tr' or 'ab'. If there is only an 'le' entry, then, sadly, we have found no original, copy, transcript or abstract. BUT, see also 5 below. > • If you were 'in luck', make a note of the information shown, particularly noting the code given in the 'Source' column. If that source code is MISC, note also the code or name before the hyphen in the next ("Reference") Column, (e.g. "Hooper2") > • Return to the homepage, look in the List of Sources, locate the relevant source code (e.g. DHC-C) and note the actual source name (e.g. "Devon Heritage Centre Online Catalogue"). Then click on that source name (or on the relevant source section). The webpage you thus reach describes the source in detail, and also indicates where you should go, or who you should contact, to see (or perhaps obtain your own copy of) that particular will, administration or inventory. >From the page describing how to obtain PROB 11 wills (since this relates to your will) (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/DevonWillsProject/PROB11)) > Locating the source and acquiring copies > > Digital images of all the PROB 11 wills are now available for downloading - see The National Archives' Wills Search Facility(link is external). They are also available on Ancestry(link is external) (subscription required). > > Abstracts and copies of a great many of these PCC wills have been made by various researchers. These appear in a number of different sources within our index, including MUR1 and VIV. cheers Brian Randell > On 18 Sep 2016, at 21:10, Beverley Edmonds <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Morning all > > Could someone please tell me how I can get hold of this Will. Is it available on-line anywhere? > > From Devon Wills Project > Symons, William Henry Plymouth DEV commander 1852 W co PCC PROB 11 2146 in H.M. Royal Navy > > Regards > Bev Edmonds > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon > ------------------------------- > 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 — School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU EMAIL = [email protected] PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 URL = http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/staff/profile/brian.randell

Thanks Brian Paul Hockie has given me the info I needed. Regards Bev -------------------------------------------------- From: "Brian Randell" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 6:24 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [DEV] William Henry Symons > Hi Bev: > > From the front page of the Devon Wills Project: > >> USING THE INDEX >> • Check in the 'Form' Column - if it doesn't say 'le', you're in luck! >> Somewhere there is the original, a copy, a transcript or an abstract of >> that person's will. If it does say 'le', check nearby entries to see if >> there is a similar entry that says 'or', 'co', 'tr' or 'ab'. If there is >> only an 'le' entry, then, sadly, we have found no original, copy, >> transcript or abstract. BUT, see also 5 below. >> • If you were 'in luck', make a note of the information shown, >> particularly noting the code given in the 'Source' column. If that source >> code is MISC, note also the code or name before the hyphen in the next >> ("Reference") Column, (e.g. "Hooper2") >> • Return to the homepage, look in the List of Sources, locate the >> relevant source code (e.g. DHC-C) and note the actual source name (e.g. >> "Devon Heritage Centre Online Catalogue"). Then click on that source name >> (or on the relevant source section). The webpage you thus reach describes >> the source in detail, and also indicates where you should go, or who you >> should contact, to see (or perhaps obtain your own copy of) that >> particular will, administration or inventory. > > From the page describing how to obtain PROB 11 wills (since this relates > to your will) > (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/DevonWillsProject/PROB11)) > >> Locating the source and acquiring copies >> >> Digital images of all the PROB 11 wills are now available for >> downloading - see The National Archives' Wills Search Facility(link is >> external). They are also available on Ancestry(link is external) >> (subscription required). >> >> Abstracts and copies of a great many of these PCC wills have been made by >> various researchers. These appear in a number of different sources within >> our index, including MUR1 and VIV. > > > > cheers > > Brian Randell > > >> On 18 Sep 2016, at 21:10, Beverley Edmonds <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Morning all >> >> Could someone please tell me how I can get hold of this Will. Is it >> available on-line anywhere? >> >> From Devon Wills Project >> Symons, William Henry Plymouth DEV commander 1852 W co PCC PROB 11 2146 >> in H.M. Royal Navy >> >> Regards >> Bev Edmonds >> ------------------------------------------ >> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >> http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ >> and >> the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >> List archive for Devon can be found at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > — > > School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, > NE1 7RU > EMAIL = [email protected] PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 > URL = http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/staff/profile/brian.randell > > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=devon > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2016.0.7226 / Virus Database: 4656/13042 - Release Date: 09/18/16 >