Hello, I was very interested in reading about the probates. I have a much older ancestor that supposedly had a will and have had no luck tracing it. Isaac Dove died 20th May 1849. He was a master mariner, and may have had some property in Jamiaca. (Oral history). He had a will, but an old letter says "my father's brother had papers and wills in his hands at one time and as far as I know gave them to someone to look after it and so lost them---it has been for (lack) of money to have sent a proper man (to London) I think people with property in different countries had different rules on wills. Does anyone have an idea? Thanks, Mary Kitzerow, Isaac's 2gr grandaughter www.marymckenziekitzerow.com