Excellent! I'm glad the money was well spent. And who is going to transcribe all that - or is that not the plan? Petra -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Trevor Littleton Sent: 27 February 2014 21:09 To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Purchase of Documents by CFHS Just a quick note to let everybody know that Cumbria Family History Society has bought the bulk of a collection of papers at Auction following the clearance of a local solicitor's attic space. Most of the documents relate to Probate but the interesting aspect of this is that the Probated Will is stored in a pouch which also contains valuations and correspondence relating to estate. I will post a list of names in due course. This purchase accounts for the bulk of the money donated by the Cumberland group for this purpose. On behalf of the Society I wish to thank all of those who contributed. Trevor Littleton, Chairman, Cumbria Family History Society.

I am most intrigued as a solicitor, in general, does not own the papers in his possession -  they belong to his clients, which is why there are several collections in county archives that are, technically, loaned by solicitors, rather than deposited, so that should the client, or his family, appear from the woodwork and claim the documents in the future, they can be removed from the archive and returned to the rightful owner. What guarantees of ownership were given on this occasion? ________________________________ From: Petra Mitchinson <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Thursday, 27 February 2014, 21:22 Subject: Re: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Purchase of Documents by CFHS Excellent! I'm glad the money was well spent. And who is going to transcribe all that - or is that not the plan? Petra -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Trevor Littleton Sent: 27 February 2014 21:09 To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [ENG-WESTMORLAND] Purchase of Documents by CFHS Just a quick note to let everybody know that Cumbria Family History Society has bought the bulk of a collection of papers at Auction following the clearance of a local solicitor's attic space. Most of the documents relate to Probate but the interesting aspect of this is that the Probated Will is stored in a pouch which also contains valuations and correspondence relating to estate. I will post a list of names in due course. This purchase accounts for the bulk of the money donated by the Cumberland group for this purpose. On behalf of the Society I wish to thank all of those who contributed. Trevor Littleton, Chairman, Cumbria Family History Society. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message