On 27/01/2016 8:44 AM, MargM via wrote: > > > > 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 > I believe the main London Probate Registry moved to Llandudno during WW2 Andy
Andy Candlish <andycandlish@ozemail.com.au> wrote on Wed, 27 Jan 2016 at 22:52:04: >On 27/01/2016 8:44 AM, MargM via wrote: >> >> >> 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 ? >> > >I believe the main London Probate Registry moved to Llandudno during WW2 > Indeed. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/search/Probate+registry+Llandudno -- Iain Archer