This is not a subject I have had any dealings with, as most of my ancestors didn't have anything to leave in a Will. So, if anyone can help me I would be grateful. Where are copies of old Wills kept? Does it depend on where/when the person lived/died or whatever? I have a rough idea as to when someone died, and I know where they lived. Would that be enough information to be able to view/purchase a copy? Thanks, Ian ________________________________________________________________________ AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today.

Hi Ian The year is the major factor 1858 being the major change point, all wills from that point on are available via Courts Service and are easier to track down as there are calendars giving brief details of each one Let us know the details of when and where to advise better for pre 1858 wills If 1858 on I can send details to you Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > This is not a subject I have had any dealings with, as most of my > ancestors didn't have anything to leave in a Will. > So, if anyone can help me I would be grateful. > Where are copies of old Wills kept? Does it depend on where/when the > person lived/died or whatever? > > I have a rough idea as to when someone died, and I know where they lived. > Would that be enough information to be able to view/purchase a copy? > Thanks, > > > > Ian

Hi Ian, I'm going to leave the subject of the whys and wherefores of wills to others who will know much more about them than I do! However, there are 5 HUCKIN wills in the 'Index of Probate Records of Oxfordshire 1733-1857 and the Oxfordshire Peculiars 1547-1856' published by the Oxfordshire Record Society. Elisha HUCKIN, Kingham, 1769 (Administration bond) Francis HUCKIN, yeoman, Kingham, 1813 Henry HUCKIN, sack carrier, Kingham, 1755 (Administration bond) John HUCKIN, Kingham, 1747 (Administration bond) William HUCKIN, Chadlington, yeoman, 1820 If any of these look like yours let me know and I'll add the full reference for them Cheers, Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: rosemary@rprobert.co.uk Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ irhuckin@aol.com wrote: > > This is not a subject I have had any dealings with, as most of my ancestors didn't have anything to leave in a Will. > So, if anyone can help me I would be grateful. > Where are copies of old Wills kept? Does it depend on where/when the person lived/died or whatever? > > I have a rough idea as to when someone died, and I know where they lived. > Would that be enough information to be able to view/purchase a copy? > Thanks, >

Thank you Rosemary. I do know of them, but to date I have been unable to link into that line. I know we are related, but am uanble to prove it. Nivard, I will contact you off list, and thank you. Yours, Ian -----Original Message----- From: Rosemary Probert <rosemary@rprobert.co.uk> To: eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:23 Subject: Re: [BAN] Wills and where to view them Hi Ian, I'm going to leave the subject of the whys and wherefores of wills to others who will know much more about them than I do! However, there are 5 HUCKIN wills in the 'Index of Probate Records of Oxfordshire 1733-1857 and the Oxfordshire Peculiars 1547-1856' published by the Oxfordshire Record Society. Elisha HUCKIN, Kingham, 1769 (Administration bond) Francis HUCKIN, yeoman, Kingham, 1813 Henry HUCKIN, sack carrier, Kingham, 1755 (Administration bond) John HUCKIN, Kingham, 1747 (Administration bond) William HUCKIN, Chadlington, yeoman, 1820 If any of these look like yours let me know and I'll add the full reference for them Cheers, Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: rosemary@rprobert.co.uk Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ irhuckin@aol.com wrote: > > This is not a subject I have had any dealings with, as most of my ancestors didn't have anything to leave in a Will. > So, if anyone can help me I would be grateful. > Where are copies of old Wills kept? Does it depend on where/when the person lived/died or whatever? > > I have a rough idea as to when someone died, and I know where they lived. > Would that be enough information to be able to view/purchase a copy? > Thanks, > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/eng-banbury-area ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today.