----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Fisher Rootsweb Lists" <mjflists@yahoo.co.uk> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [B'ham] Birmingham wills / William Hyatt Darke > 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. The e-mail that I replied to said 1849. The probate of wills seems to have centralised after 1858. They do have a card index at Lichfield of the post-1858 wills of the area, but not the originals. Regards Peter > > 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 > _____________________________________________ > 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 >

Hi Peter I was replying to Jane, Where in Australia do you obtain access to the National Probate Calendars, please? The Birmingham will I would like to see was from 1869. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: <nich3046@tpg.com.au> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 7:37 AM Subject: [B'ham] Birmingham wills / William Hyatt Darke Mike Fisher in Droitwich (I though I had eye problems for a moment) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter J Richardson" <pjrich_uk@hotmail.com> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [B'ham] Birmingham wills / William Hyatt Darke > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Fisher Rootsweb Lists" <mjflists@yahoo.co.uk> > To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 8:36 AM > Subject: Re: [B'ham] Birmingham wills / William Hyatt Darke > > >> 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. > > The e-mail that I replied to said 1849. > > The probate of wills seems to have centralised after 1858. They do have a > card index at Lichfield of the > post-1858 wills of the area, but not the originals. > > Regards > Peter >> >> 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 >> _____________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > _____________________________________________ > 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 ___________________________________________________________ Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. "The New Version is radically easier to use" – The Wall Street Journal http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

Before 1858 wills were proved in the Ecclesiastical Courts. Pauline ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter J Richardson" <pjrich_uk@hotmail.com> To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [B'ham] Birmingham wills / William Hyatt Darke > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Fisher Rootsweb Lists" <mjflists@yahoo.co.uk> > To: <eng-warks-birmingham@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 8:36 AM > Subject: Re: [B'ham] Birmingham wills / William Hyatt Darke > > > > 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. > > The e-mail that I replied to said 1849. > > The probate of wills seems to have centralised after 1858. They do have a card index at Lichfield of the > post-1858 wills of the area, but not the originals. > > Regards > Peter > > > > 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 > > _____________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > >