Hi Jan You could ask on the list to see if some kind soul could go up to Birmingham Central Library and look up the entry and photo/copy it or contact the staff their who will do it for a fee. They are in books on open shelves and if I was still working in Birmingham I would have done it for you. http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/birmingham.html http://www.birminghamheritage.org.uk/archive.htm Mike Fisher in Droitwich ----- Original Message ----- From: <nich3046@tpg.com.au> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 8:37 PM Subject: [B'ham] Birmingham wills / William Hyatt Darke > > I was hoping someone could enlighten me as to the whereabouts of > Birmingham wills? I have obtained the death certificate of my ancestor > William Hyatt DARKE (other family members used the spelling "Hyett") > which confirms that he, a chemist, died on 20 February 1849 at 335 > Coventery Rd., Aston. > I have access here in Australia to the National Probate Calendars on > microfiche, but these only start in 1858. > Is there an index anywhere to earlier wills? Where would the documents > themselves be found? > Grateful for any assistance! > Jane N. > Birmingham families - DARKE, HYETT, BAYLEY, BENTLEY, MOUNTFORD, LATHAM, > ROBINS > _____________________________________________ > Tracing Ancestors in Birmingham: > http://www.bham.de/ > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WARKS-BIRMINGHAM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html