Thank you, Chris. Where might the Administration Act Books be for residents of the Hull/Beverley area in the Georgian era? Do you have any experience of searching through these, presuming that they are unindexed? For any 10 year period, say 1730-40 or 1810-20, would there be tens, hundreds, thousands or more names? In other words, what is the degree of difficulty or how much should you know before looking? Thanks and regards Bill Sydney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris W" <cjw283@yahoo.com> To: <eng-east-yorks@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 3:05 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] Intestacy - grants of administration | 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 | | | | | ------------------------------- | 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 |

I'll answer with a question. Is it likely that surviving records for East Yorkshire are at the Borthwick Institute? Arlene Arlene V. Jennings, CG Brooklyn, New York CG, Certified Genealogist is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certified genealogists after periodic evaluation, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office.  Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. -----Original Message----- From: eng-east-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-east-yorks-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bill Webster Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 5:20 PM To: eng-east-yorks@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] Intestacy - grants of administration Thank you, Chris. Where might the Administration Act Books be for residents of the Hull/Beverley area in the Georgian era? Do you have any experience of searching through these, presuming that they are unindexed? For any 10 year period, say 1730-40 or 1810-20, would there be tens, hundreds, thousands or more names? In other words, what is the degree of difficulty or how much should you know before looking? Thanks and regards Bill Sydney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris W" <cjw283@yahoo.com> To: <eng-east-yorks@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 3:05 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] Intestacy - grants of administration | 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 | | | | | ------------------------------- | 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 | ------------------------------- 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