Could I be given some advice from experience of searching for ancestors, with any estate to leave, who died intestate, both prior to and after 1858? I assume this may have been the case in a majority of estates. Were grants of administration recorded separately from wills? Bill.

Bill, The National Probate Register lists grants of administration after 1858. For the intestate, grants of letters of administration by church courts prior to this are recorded in the relevant Administration Act Books for the diocese concerned if they survive. Practice varied from place to place I think. Indexes to wills for some counties (e.g. that part of Lancashire in the diocese of Chester) also include an index to grants of administration, but this may not be the case elswhere. The majority of those dying intestate will have no grant of administration. Chris Watson --- On Wed, 7/30/08, Bill Webster <wbwebster@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > From: Bill Webster <wbwebster@optusnet.com.au> > Subject: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] Intestacy - grants of administration > To: eng-east-yorks@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 6:40 AM > Could I be given some advice from experience of searching > for ancestors, > with any estate to leave, who died intestate, both prior to > and after 1858? > > I assume this may have been the case in a majority of > estates. > > Were grants of administration recorded separately from > wills? > > > Bill. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message