Thanks for this info. I'm interested to see the wills are now available at any FHC - I think I will be making a booking to use my local FHC soon to browse for some of those 1858-1925 wills I consider £10 too expensive to pay for. I had this as a 'to do' for a future visit to Kew. 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. I wonder what TNA will do with the space freed up? Sometimes I've found it hard to find space for larger docs in the large doc reading room - I'd be happy if they get more room. Teresa On 13/03/2017 13:43, Peter Armstrong wrote: > The news from the London FHC about the availability of microfilms > (which had been removed yesterday) has been replaced by an updated > notice today > http://londonfamilyhistory.org/news-concerning-the-london-familysearch-centre/ > > Altogether it seems that the facilities are going to be very much > reduced for the FHC at Kew for the immediate future. They also now > seem to be calling it the London FamilySearch Centre! > > Peter Armstrong > _____________________________________________ > > 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

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

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