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    1. [GLA] [Fwd: Re: Calender of Will's.]
    2. Charani
    3. robert williams wrote: > If I need to look up a "WILL"for South Wales of whatever district,be > it Llandaff or St;Davids,I go straight in to the > National Library of Wales Website,and search the indexes. > Then put in the Surname I am looking for. > Up pops all the "WILL'S"or letters of administration Entries. This link will take you straight there: www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=searcharchivaldatabases > You then Click on whatever one you are interested in, > The scroll down and View The Actual "WILL"itself! It's superb :)) It's possible to buy a digital copy as well, which costs the same as wills from the National Archives at Kew - but doesn't seem to be so instant as it is for Kew but that maybe because I didn't find the one I wanted until early Friday evening. > I have found many of my different branches this way. > To get in to that website,if you are not a member,You need a "Readers Ticket". You don't need a Readers Ticket for the Wills. I've found several and been able to enlarge and read them. > If you cannot read the "WILL" because the writing is very small,Just > put the Movable "Box"over the entry,press enlargment,and hey > presto,You could then read it fine. You can also use the plus sign or the down arrow slider. > Some of the early "WILL's"though are in Latin,But the gist of it > should read clear. > Then just print them off. Printing them off isn't something I've managed to do so far. Is that section by section or the whole page? -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/ -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/

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