----- 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? Modern day Birmingham spreads across more than one diocise. I would guess that Aston was administered at Lichfield, and those wills are likely to be at the Lichfield Records Office: http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/archives/. I went up there last year and found an original will relating to my BUTCHARD family who were living in the St Phillips area of Birmingham. They would perhaps be willing to do some sort of search for you (though they may need to make a charge unless you can pin down the name and dates required very accurately. Contact can be made by e-mail via lichfield.record.office@staffordshire.gov.uk. Regards Peter

Hi This is a 1869 will and I take it was proved in the Birmingham Probate Office and a copy of it is in a bound volume in the library. Mike Fisher in Droitwich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter J Richardson" <pjrich_uk@hotmail.com> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 8:18 AM Subject: Re: [B'ham] Birmingham wills / William Hyatt Darke > > ----- 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? > > Modern day Birmingham spreads across more than one diocise. I would guess > that Aston was administered at > Lichfield, and those wills are likely to be at the Lichfield Records > Office: > http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/archives/. I went up there last year and > found an original will relating to my > BUTCHARD family who were living in the St Phillips area of Birmingham. > They would perhaps be willing to do some > sort of search for you (though they may need to make a charge unless you > can pin down the name and dates > required very accurately. Contact can be made by e-mail via > lichfield.record.office@staffordshire.gov.uk. > > Regards > Peter > > > > > > > _____________________________________________ > 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 ___________________________________________________________ Inbox full of spam? Get leading spam protection and 1GB storage with All New Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html