Teresa, can you clarify which article you are referring to and where it is located, please. It looks as if the link Peter referred to has been taken down again, but when I read it earlier, I couldn't find any link to digitised wills :-( Ken On 14 March 2017 at 00:12, Teresa Goatham <teresa@goatham.co.uk> wrote: > Thanks, I already have all the probate calendar info. - as I said, looking > at Kew was already on my 'to do' list. I'd started looking for film nos. > too, but I shan't now be needing them or winding film at Kew - the point is > the article says that these films have all been digitalised and can be > viewed at FHCs. (You just need to follow links from a list like the one > here, > https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/517092?availability=Family%20History%20Library, > so you do NOT need to look up the film numbers as you describe. I'll be > browsing thro' images of the film online.) > > Good to know it doesn't take too long with film, I don't know what the > internet speed is at the nearest FHC but hopefully I'll be able to get to > the right one without it taking too long. > > I hadn't realised original registers might be at the local record offices - > must enquire. Not so convenient, but worth trying for post 1925 wills. > > Teresa > > > > On 13/03/2017 21:00, Polly Rubery wrote: >> >> Teresa wrote: >> >>>> I'm not sure how long >> >> browsing through a film to find one will take; I guess it will be >> quicker online than on film.<< >> >> Before you go do a search on Ancestry in the National Probate Calendars >> (Index). >> >> You need the information: >> >> Place (District Probate Registry or PPR-London) of Probate, Date of >> Probate, >> Surname, Forename >> >> You then need to find the film which covers the correct DPR and date. >> Then >> you will find that the probates are arranged by Date of Probate, and then >> in >> name order on that date. Other than the time spent winding film it >> doesn't >> take much time at all. >> >> Many of the original registers (up to around 1940) can be found in the >> local >> Record Offices which the DPR was in - so for example Worcester is at The >> Hive in Worcester, and The Library of Birmingham has those proved by the >> B'ham DPR. Unfortunately the Hereford DPR closed in 1928, and the >> registers >> are at the National Library of Wales..... >> HTH >> Polly >> >> _____________________________________________ >> >> RootsWeb Surname List - are your interests there? >> http://rsl.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message >> > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb Surname List - are your interests there? > http://rsl.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message
The article I was referring to was the second one to which Peter provided a link, I didn't read any other, which as you say has been taken down again. It didn't provide a link to the wills but it did mention how in time most of the films in digitalised format would be made available at FHCs and referred to a couple of collections which already are, one of which was the wills from 1858 - I'm pretty sure it said both the principal and regional registries. The link I gave is just for the former, but you will see the camera symbol showing the films are digitalised, but if you click one you get the message you have to view at an FHC. Teresa On 14/03/2017 10:43, Ken Toll wrote: > Teresa, can you clarify which article you are referring to and where > it is located, please. > > It looks as if the link Peter referred to has been taken down again, > but when I read it earlier, I couldn't find any link to digitised > wills :-( > > Ken > > On 14 March 2017 at 00:12, Teresa Goatham <teresa@goatham.co.uk> wrote: >> Thanks, I already have all the probate calendar info. - as I said, looking >> at Kew was already on my 'to do' list. I'd started looking for film nos. >> too, but I shan't now be needing them or winding film at Kew - the point is >> the article says that these films have all been digitalised and can be >> viewed at FHCs. (You just need to follow links from a list like the one >> here, >> https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/517092?availability=Family%20History%20Library, >> so you do NOT need to look up the film numbers as you describe. I'll be >> browsing thro' images of the film online.) >> >> Good to know it doesn't take too long with film, I don't know what the >> internet speed is at the nearest FHC but hopefully I'll be able to get to >> the right one without it taking too long. >> >> I hadn't realised original registers might be at the local record offices - >> must enquire. Not so convenient, but worth trying for post 1925 wills. >> >> Teresa >> >> >> >> On 13/03/2017 21:00, Polly Rubery wrote: >>> Teresa wrote: >>> >>>>> I'm not sure how long >>> browsing through a film to find one will take; I guess it will be >>> quicker online than on film.<< >>> >>> Before you go do a search on Ancestry in the National Probate Calendars >>> (Index). >>> >>> You need the information: >>> >>> Place (District Probate Registry or PPR-London) of Probate, Date of >>> Probate, >>> Surname, Forename >>> >>> You then need to find the film which covers the correct DPR and date. >>> Then >>> you will find that the probates are arranged by Date of Probate, and then >>> in >>> name order on that date. Other than the time spent winding film it >>> doesn't >>> take much time at all. >>> >>> Many of the original registers (up to around 1940) can be found in the >>> local >>> Record Offices which the DPR was in - so for example Worcester is at The >>> Hive in Worcester, and The Library of Birmingham has those proved by the >>> B'ham DPR. Unfortunately the Hereford DPR closed in 1928, and the >>> registers >>> are at the National Library of Wales..... >>> HTH >>> Polly >>> >>> _____________________________________________ >>> >>> RootsWeb Surname List - are your interests there? >>> http://rsl.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >>> the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> _____________________________________________ >> >> RootsWeb Surname List - are your interests there? >> http://rsl.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb Surname List - are your interests there? > http://rsl.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus