Hi Jane: Unfortunately the bigger problem is the extent to which all sorts of probate documents - wills, admons and inventories - failed to survive the 2nd world war. Cheers Brian On 12 Oct 2018, at 16:57, Jane Lucas via DEVON <devon@rootsweb.com<mailto:devon@rootsweb.com>> wrote: Hi Brian… well, that just that one shouldn’t judge from a tiny sample! I have no inventories.. but I have only a few Wills from Devon. I don’t know what proportion overall of Devon Wills have inventories that survived, but clearly more than I thought. Original Message----- From: Brian Randell [mailto:brian.randell@newcastle.ac.uk <mailto:brian.randell@newcastle.ac.uk>] Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 10:57 AM To: devon@rootsweb.com<mailto:devon@rootsweb.com> <mailto:devon@rootsweb.com> Cc: Brian Randell; Jane Lucas Subject: [DEV] Re: Inventory with Devon Wills Hi Jane: Out of curiosity I had a quick look at the first Devon Wills Project web page (for testators whose names begin with the letter “A”)……. _______________________________________________ ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.genuki.org.uk_big_eng_DEV_&d=DwIGaQ&c=kKqjBR9KKWaWpMhASkPbOg&r=_kHYb0dMtukKdTNCoURit9Z6fYN0hak3I3SjPWTU2FA&m=5OPDD26sIcyuyH4wSLrFcP4DFesUaliAb2zW8dk1N4Q&s=_gx8ee0p9C6668GzCPTX60DHeu9PHKdnZsbRyhD0LsE&e= and Devon FHS (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.devonfhs.org.uk_&d=DwIGaQ&c=kKqjBR9KKWaWpMhASkPbOg&r=_kHYb0dMtukKdTNCoURit9Z6fYN0hak3I3SjPWTU2FA&m=5OPDD26sIcyuyH4wSLrFcP4DFesUaliAb2zW8dk1N4Q&s=6B-VVnS1ACU10slTEcZvk99NNSkaJRGYzYkuby_NyEo&e= ) _______________________________________________ Email preferences: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_rootswebpref&d=DwIGaQ&c=kKqjBR9KKWaWpMhASkPbOg&r=_kHYb0dMtukKdTNCoURit9Z6fYN0hak3I3SjPWTU2FA&m=5OPDD26sIcyuyH4wSLrFcP4DFesUaliAb2zW8dk1N4Q&s=sWQ0SQnNl-cap6CkTLbnb5eG6AZeQs4gCaxgQntVz70&e= Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/devon@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ancstry.me_2JWBOdY&d=DwIGaQ&c=kKqjBR9KKWaWpMhASkPbOg&r=_kHYb0dMtukKdTNCoURit9Z6fYN0hak3I3SjPWTU2FA&m=5OPDD26sIcyuyH4wSLrFcP4DFesUaliAb2zW8dk1N4Q&s=_FQQDiMv-I_ii5ano6rVDePCdRP4uW9imJoQRE9Zf8Q&e= Terms and Conditions: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ancstry.me_2HDBym9&d=DwIGaQ&c=kKqjBR9KKWaWpMhASkPbOg&r=_kHYb0dMtukKdTNCoURit9Z6fYN0hak3I3SjPWTU2FA&m=5OPDD26sIcyuyH4wSLrFcP4DFesUaliAb2zW8dk1N4Q&s=CXMXnoOVTpFeelb8IboC5dD5P1f32QmqkSToFA-uQgQ&e= Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com<http://Ancestry.com> and our loyal RootsWeb community — School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU EMAIL = Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk<mailto:Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk> PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 URL = https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.ncl.ac.uk_computing_people_profile_brianrandell.html&d=DwIGaQ&c=kKqjBR9KKWaWpMhASkPbOg&r=_kHYb0dMtukKdTNCoURit9Z6fYN0hak3I3SjPWTU2FA&m=5OPDD26sIcyuyH4wSLrFcP4DFesUaliAb2zW8dk1N4Q&s=i2fikcKvxKvjbaDt1dbW_O2JHjGtRBmWNP-VShIfqWQ&e=

Yes I know. It does make research very difficult. Jane > On 12 Oct 2018, at 17:28, Brian Randell <brian.randell@newcastle.ac.uk> wrote: > > Hi Jane: > > Unfortunately the bigger problem is the extent to which all sorts of probate documents - wills, admons and inventories - failed to survive the 2nd world war. > > Cheers > > Brian >