Just found ref to my gt grans brother , William ATKINS d Aug1940, Plymouth in the UK Probate Calendars on Ancestry . Probate was Feb 1941 at Llandudno ?? Ran my eye down just this page and quite a few wills for people who died in many different places were also probated Llandudno . Seems odd ? Was it perhaps to do with the Blitz ? Bye MargM Beautiful NSW Central Coast Australia proOdd probate location --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

> > > Just found ref to my gt grans brother , William ATKINS d Aug1940, Plymouth > in the UK Probate Calendars on Ancestry . Probate was Feb 1941 at > Llandudno ?? > > Ran my eye down just this page and quite a few wills for people who died > in many different places were also probated Llandudno . Seems odd ? Was > it perhaps to do with the Blitz ? verything - like a lot of other national collections and national civil service departments not closely linked to urgent war functions, the Principal Probate Registry was moved out of London to a safe distance for the duration. EVE Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society