Trying to research SPATCHERs and the much more numerous GEORGEs who lived at the same times, for generations, in Stowe (& Dadford, Lamport, Boycot), there seems to be a significant lack of wills, either at Bucks RO or PCC London, for those who were comfortably placed and who didn't die at a surprisingly young age (when they might have been excused for being intestate). Could some wills of people from these places have got themselves proved somewhere else possibly? For example, Oxfordshire? I'm keenest to find wills from 17th and 18th centuries. Any ideas welcome. Cheers, Celia in Chesterfield UK
Hi Celia, Try; http://apps.buckscc.gov.uk/eforms/wills/search.aspx You can search by surname. I found 3 Spatchers and lots of Georges. You can order the wills online. Good Luck Diane >From: "Celia Renshaw" <celia@valinor.force9.co.uk> >Reply-To: eng-buckinghamshire@rootsweb.com >To: <bucks@rootsweb.com>, <eng-buckinghamshire@rootsweb.com> >Subject: [ENG-Buck] Bucks Wills >Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 18:45:53 +0100 > >Trying to research SPATCHERs and the much more numerous GEORGEs who lived >at >the same times, for generations, in Stowe (& Dadford, Lamport, Boycot), >there seems to be a significant lack of wills, either at Bucks RO or PCC >London, for those who were comfortably placed and who didn't die at a >surprisingly young age (when they might have been excused for being >intestate). Could some wills of people from these places have got >themselves proved somewhere else possibly? For example, Oxfordshire? I'm >keenest to find wills from 17th and 18th centuries. > >Any ideas welcome. > >Cheers, Celia >in Chesterfield UK > _____________________________________________ > >Any problems, please contact the List Admin: >ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ENG-BUCKINGHAMSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Get Pimped! FREE emoticon packs from Windows Live - http://www.pimpmylive.co.uk