Good evening all Can someone tell me if and where I can find a list of Will and Admins for Dorset (hopefully on Line) also the cost of purchasing copies Thank you Lyn Schryver Western Australia

----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyn Schrvyver" <schryver@iinet.net.au> To: <DORSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 3:52 PM Subject: [DOR] Wills and Admins > Good evening all > Can someone tell me if and where I can find a list of Will and Admins for > Dorset (hopefully on Line) > also the cost of purchasing copies It would depend on where they were proved, but http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/heritage/login1.php may be a good starting point. Regards Peter

Lyn You can also search the index of PCC wills online at: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/ The Archive provides facility to purchase and download There are also indexes for many parishes online at the Dorset OPC www.opcdorset.org and in some cases transcriptions of individual wills. Jon Baker Dorset OPC Co-ordinator > Good evening all > Can someone tell me if and where I can find a list of Will and Admins for > Dorset (hopefully on Line) > also the cost of purchasing copies It would depend on where they were proved, but http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/heritage/login1.php may be a good starting point.

Lyn, Further to the other responses, the Dorset History Centre holds a large card index on Wills (covering may trays). The index is by name with multiple entries on each card, each entry contains name, probate date, parish and type. It is therefore fairly simple for them to lookup a name and given an approx date and/or parish and list possibles (as long as the name is not too common). Because of the way the card index is organised it would be a huge/impossible task to list wills for a particular parish (unless they have some cross reference that I am not aware of), however as Jon mentioned it is worth checking the parish on the OPC as some have done the sterling job of listing them. Bob Hills ________________________________ Good evening all Can someone tell me if and where I can find a list of Will and Admins for Dorset (hopefully on Line) also the cost of purchasing copies Thank you Lyn Schryver Western Australia ***************************************

Hello Lyn, The Record Office will often help if you e-mail them & ask if a person left probate, but you would have to know the death date & keep it brief. They will also tell you if the area you are looking at is covered by Dorset. If you wish to look at a number of people from one family the Record Office sometimes already have a list of probate, you just have to see if they have the index covering a certain period say 1700 to 1800. I have just received a list of every one with the name Syme & various spellings from all of the courts. Documents online can be viewed on line. Good luck. Robyn -----Original Message----- From: dorset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dorset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lyn Schrvyver Sent: Friday, 4 March 2011 1:52 AM To: DORSET@rootsweb.com Subject: [DOR] Wills and Admins Good evening all Can someone tell me if and where I can find a list of Will and Admins for Dorset (hopefully on Line) also the cost of purchasing copies Thank you Lyn Schryver Western Australia *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DORSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Robyn Thank you for your reply. Do you have an email address for the record Office, please Is it impossible to purchase marriage and death certificates from the Record Office? Lyn Schryver Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "les wright" <olgeta@bigpond.net.au> To: <dorset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [DOR] Wills and Admins > Hello Lyn, > > The Record Office will often help if you e-mail them & ask if a person > left > probate, but you would have to know the death date & keep it brief. They > will also tell you if the area you are looking at is covered by Dorset. > > If you wish to look at a number of people from one family the Record > Office > sometimes already have a list of probate, you just have to see if they > have > the index covering a certain period say 1700 to 1800. I have just > received > a list of every one with the name Syme & various spellings from all of the > courts. > > Documents online can be viewed on line. > > Good luck. > > Robyn > >

Hello Lyn, The e-mail address is archives@dorsetcc.gov.uk I would ask them one request at a time & see where it gets you. I have had help from them I even phone them sometimes. Who are you looking for? I live in Central Queensland. Robyn -----Original Message----- From: dorset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dorset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lyn Schrvyver Sent: Saturday, 5 March 2011 5:29 AM To: dorset@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DOR] Wills and Admins Hello Robyn Thank you for your reply. Do you have an email address for the record Office, please Is it impossible to purchase marriage and death certificates from the Record Office? Lyn Schryver Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "les wright" <olgeta@bigpond.net.au> To: <dorset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [DOR] Wills and Admins > Hello Lyn, > > The Record Office will often help if you e-mail them & ask if a person > left > probate, but you would have to know the death date & keep it brief. They > will also tell you if the area you are looking at is covered by Dorset. > > If you wish to look at a number of people from one family the Record > Office > sometimes already have a list of probate, you just have to see if they > have > the index covering a certain period say 1700 to 1800. I have just > received > a list of every one with the name Syme & various spellings from all of the > courts. > > Documents online can be viewed on line. > > Good luck. > > Robyn > > *************************************** When replying to this message, please spare a thought for your fellow list members, and anyone searching the archives in the future. SNIP everything which is not essential for comprehension or continuity (including the footers which will be put back anyway!) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DORSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message