Joyce, depending on the time, most of the wills I'm familiar with are filed on a county level, at the clerk of court's office. Accessability varies depending on the state as does the cost. What time and location are you looking for. Elizabeth Joyce Herzog <j_herzog@myway.com> wrote: How does one obtain a copy of a will from the US? Can you order them online? Joyce --- On Thu 03/08, Margaret Couch < couchm@wave.co.nz > wrote: From: Margaret Couch [mailto: couchm@wave.co.nz] To: gloucester@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:34:32 +1300 Subject: Re: [GLS] Council on line Data base HiTry this http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx < _____________________________________________Browse the list archives at:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GLOUCESTER/Keyword search - any or all lists:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search-------------------------------To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com _____________________________________________ Browse the list archives at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GLOUCESTER/ Keyword search - any or all lists: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users.

Janet, I forgot to tell you that I googled in A2A and put Wall in the search and got over 6,000 hits so I went back and put in Wall and for Gloucester only and then got only 245 hits. Many of them are literally walls! I have trouble with that surname every time. I also have the Land family and that is worse yet!!!! Janet <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Janet, I will order them at my local Family History Center. It shouldn't be too hard to find or I have a friend who lives in Salt Lake City and it almost a permanent fixture at the Library. I will see if he can find it there. Thanks so much. Janet <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Hi Janet, The term, Non-Conformist refers to Baptists, Methodists Independents and the like. I think that Roman Catholics, Jews and Quakers would be referred to as such. Jews and Quakers could hold marriage ceremonies, and probably Roman Catholics as well but there weren't too many of each group. All of the others had to be married in the Parish Church up to some time in the mid nineteenth century, so if you were able to gain access to the Tewkesbury Abbey registers you might well find the marriage. Best wishes, Janet

Janet, Thanks so much. You answered my question. Tewkesbury was a small tight knit community. This tells me that it is quite probable that all of the Wall family there were somehow related. Now, I have to find them and sort them out. I was also wondering if non conformist could have been catholic? My Wall family has always been Primitive Methodist (here in the USA) and considered English but I have heard that Wall is frequently an Irish name (southern Ireland) and I was wondering if perhaps, the family had immigrated from Ireland years before in the 1600 or early 1700's. I suppose that I should bend one of my brother's arm's and have him take a DNA test. Again, thanks for this important piece of information. Janet <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Referring back to my message of 21 February re Cyril Reuben WILSON and Doris Joan WILSON (nee CHAPMAN). I would really appreciate some advice on how I can trace the children of this couple. I did approach the Stroud News and Journal for help but they have not replied. Thanks, in advance, for any pointers. Joy Webster (nee Wilson)

Hi Try this http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx <

Hi Joan, Many thanks for your response which is much appreciated!!! [smile] I have gathered lots of data on my Locke Gypsy ancestors as some of them were well documented owing to their talents. My great Aunt, Esmerelda Locke was a dancer and singer, and was involved in a divorce case in Bridgenorth, Shropshire, which wass reported in newspapers as her then husband, Hubert Smith, was a local town clerk of some standing in the community, and her second husband, the son of a Bishop. Another of my ancestors, John Locke was claimed to be one of Englands finest violinists, and there are recordings of his playing on wax cylinders. Kind regards, Gerry.

Hello Listers. I am new to the Gloucestershire List. I'm trying to locate a SARAH PARKER born abt 1827 to a Thomas Parker in the Painswick area near Bisley. Sarah went on to marry a William Restall in Reading but unable to find her birth . In later census she shows her birth area as Painswick. I would be very appreciative if anyone could help in solving this mystery. Barbara Wilson South Wales _____________________________________________

Joyce Herzog wrote: > How does one obtain a copy of a will from the US? > Can you order them online? If it's in the National Archives, then you can order and download it from there immediately. If it's in a county record office you need mail them to ask for a copy and also to find out how they want payment. -- Charani (UK)

Hi Kathryn, I have taken my own advice and entered TEAKLE as the search option in A2A and the first hit is on the Quarter Sessions. The information that comes up on the screen is exactly the same as in the Quarter Sessions documents in Gloucester Archives .....so no need to visit or ask anyone to find the reference...you can gain the information on line. On the down side, I only looked at the first reference, the one that does not go quite as far as the reference you wanted but that should also be there. Cheers, Janet Heskins

Hi Janet, Yesterday evening I was speaking to a friend who is spending some mof her time visiting Tewkesbury Library to seek information about a branch of her family by reading the Victorian newspapers. She remarked that in the 1850's [and therefore before that date] Tewkesbury appeared to be a smallish tighknit community, whereas by 1870 the style of writing had changed. In addition I am reading the letters of Rev Thomas FLINT, a non-conformist minister. he started as a Baptist, ministering at Shortwood, Horsley, for four years but then moved on to the Independent Church in Uley. During this time, about 1810, he was on a journey back from preaching in Birmingham when he stopped off at Tewkesbury to preach in the non-conformist church there. I don't know if it was a Baptist church, but that is highly likely as that was where his heart lay. Thomas went on to work in the Baptist church in Gloucester, living in Rose Cottage, no less, before taking his final appointment in Weymouth. [Sorry to go on a bit....] The non-conformist church could be Methodist or Independent. Charles Wesley had preached in the area. I forgot to say that if you try A2A a small extract, containing the reference in question, will appear on your screen. Cheers, Janet Heskins

Joyce, Where is the Will located that you want? It may be in the state and county that the person died in. Try the US Gen Web located at _http://usgenweb.com/_ (http://usgenweb.com/) . Then choose the state and when you get into the state site, you can go to the county that you want. Many of these sites have Wills as part of their web site. I have gotten some Wills this way. Many Wills are transcribed by family member's and sent to the web site as a courtesy. Some of these county web sites are quite large with lots of data and other's are small. Hopefully, your county will be one of the larger one's. They are all run by volunteers who are very helpful. Best of Luck, Janet USA <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

JANLWH@aol.com wrote: > I have found 8 surnames names on this list that are probably my family. > They are all from the same small village/town. What I am wondering is what do > they stand for? One did say under "Catalogue" Wills 1851-1800 so I take it > that reference # is the # I need to find this Will. But all of the others just > have "Non-Conformist" in the catalogue space and a reference # but a > reference # for "what!" Birth, death, marriage, Will or what. A father and a > mother and 2 of the children have the same date of 1799 and the same reference #. > I was thinking that the may have all been killed at the same time! Or did > Non Conformists have to register? > > I hope that someone can make this clear to me. I am probably just reading > it wrong. Contact the record office and ask them. The reference number for the Will would be what they would require (together with the surname) for produce the document. It could be that the Non-Conformist refers to a non conformist register of births/christenings or deaths/burials. Non-Cons weren't routinely killed off in 1799 ;)) It may be that there was something like an outbreak scarlet fever or TB or something that took the family. -- Charani (UK)

Paul & Kathryn Lucas wrote: > I would appreciate some help with the following > > I have done a search on the Gloucestershire Council Genealogocal data base > and have found the following > > 1835 gillman enoch U Horsley Q/Gc5/5 labourer Gaol > > 1829 teakle sophia Mother shortwood d2424/8/17 Non-conformist > > Are these records available for someone to do a look up for me as I am in > Australia? > > Can I only order them through the Archives? There will be available at the Record Office (Archives) for anyone to look at. You can ask the record office to do the search for you or ask them for a list of those willing to do look ups. Both these options will involve a charge. -- Charani (UK)

How does one obtain a copy of a will from the US? Can you order them online? Joyce --- On Thu 03/08, Margaret Couch < couchm@wave.co.nz > wrote: From: Margaret Couch [mailto: couchm@wave.co.nz] To: gloucester@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:34:32 +1300 Subject: Re: [GLS] Council on line Data base HiTry this http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx < _____________________________________________Browse the list archives at:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GLOUCESTER/Keyword search - any or all lists:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search-------------------------------To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

Thanks Margaret, The problem now is they want a reference number. Is there a previous site that gives the ref. no.? Thanks, Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Couch" <couchm@wave.co.nz> To: <gloucester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [GLS] Council on line Data base > Hi > Try this http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx > > > < > _____________________________________________ > > Browse the list archives at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GLOUCESTER/ > > Keyword search - any or all lists: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Try http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/genealogy/Search.aspx Mike Fisher now in Droitwich formerly of Wythall,Solihull Lodge & Billesley,Birmingham ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Rooney" <mc.rooney@sympatico.ca> To: <gloucester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [GLS] Council on line Data base > Hi, > > Can anyone give me the URL for this site and tell me what is covers. I > tried to google but didn't get the same results > > Thanks, > Joan > Ottawa > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul & Kathryn Lucas" <pklucas@tpg.com.au> > To: <gloucester@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 9:21 PM > Subject: [GLS] Council on line Data base > > >>I would appreciate some help with the following >> >> I have done a search on the Gloucestershire Council Genealogocal data >> base >> and have found the following >> >> 1835 gillman enoch U Horsley Q/Gc5/5 labourer Gaol >> >> 1829 teakle sophia Mother shortwood d2424/8/17 Non-conformist >> >> Are these records available for someone to do a look up for me as I am in >> Australia? >> >> Can I only order them through the Archives? >> Regards >> Kathryn >> >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.7/713 - Release Date: 07-Mar-07 >> 9:24 AM >> >> _____________________________________________ >> >> Browse the list archives at: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GLOUCESTER/ >> >> Keyword search - any or all lists: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > _____________________________________________ > > Browse the list archives at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GLOUCESTER/ > > Keyword search - any or all lists: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, its the gloucester record office. jenny >From: "Joan Rooney" <mc.rooney@sympatico.ca> >Reply-To: gloucester@rootsweb.com >To: <gloucester@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [GLS] Council on line Data base >Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 15:01:08 -0500 > >Hi, > >Can anyone give me the URL for this site and tell me what is covers. I >tried to google but didn't get the same results > >Thanks, >Joan >Ottawa > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Paul & Kathryn Lucas" <pklucas@tpg.com.au> >To: <gloucester@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 9:21 PM >Subject: [GLS] Council on line Data base > > > >I would appreciate some help with the following > > > > I have done a search on the Gloucestershire Council Genealogocal data > > base > > and have found the following > > > > 1835 gillman enoch U Horsley Q/Gc5/5 labourer Gaol > > > > 1829 teakle sophia Mother shortwood d2424/8/17 Non-conformist > > > > Are these records available for someone to do a look up for me as I am >in > > Australia? > > > > Can I only order them through the Archives? > > Regards > > Kathryn > > > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.7/713 - Release Date: >07-Mar-07 > > 9:24 AM > > > > _____________________________________________ > > > > Browse the list archives at: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GLOUCESTER/ > > > > Keyword search - any or all lists: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > _____________________________________________ > >Browse the list archives at: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GLOUCESTER/ > >Keyword search - any or all lists: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Get Hotmail, News, Sport and Entertainment from MSN on your mobile. http://www.msn.txt4content.com/

Janet, thanks, here are the results of my surname search. So far it's the only surname that I have for the area. I am hoping to stumble on one of the grandmothers' surnames. I live close to the Nat. Archives but it is Washington DC not London and London is such a long way from here! If I could walk or drive, I would be on my way tomorrow bright and early. Charani, I had to laugh at your reply!! And I really did need a good laugh today!! Thanks, Still chuckling, Janet Year Surname Forename Gender Parish Reference Occupation Catalog1795 wall ann Mother tewkesbury d4944/1/1 Non-conformist 1795 wall ann Child tewkesbury d4944/1/1 Non-conformist 1799 wall john M tewkesbury 1799/ 38 Wills 1541 - 1800 1799 wall joseph Father tewkesbury d2599/7/5 Non-conformist 1799 wall martha Child tewkesbury d2599/7/5 Non-conformist 1799 wall mary Mother tewkesbury d2599/7/5 Non-conformist 1799 wall mary Child tewkesbury d2599/7/5 Non-conformist 1799 wall mary Mother tewkesbury d2599/7/5 Non-conformist <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.