Each county will handle wills differently. I have gone into a clerks office and asked for the will-it has been given me to go thru- I chose what I wanted to copy, and copied it myself. I have written/emailed/phoned to find how many pages and the cost per page-which varies from .20 to 3.00/page. My first experience gave me some insight as to what the office must deal with. The will packet could hold a page or two, however my first one contained every receipt from anyone who had anything to do with the estate, the sale of personal property, fees, newspaper articles about the sale, and the death of the person-I could go on. I spent an afternoon with one packet, carefully unfolding and re-folding each piece of the nearly 100 year old packet. If there is only one copier available, and they do the copying, then they must stop to do their work, tend to customers who come in to pay fines, taxes, answer the phone, etc. Usually we "Rooters" are after names. If you tell them it is for genealogical purposes, they could go to the larger pieces of paper which, hopefully will contain those valuable names we are all looking for. Good Luck1 Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Hardman <lsueh@pacbell.net> To: <ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 8:49 PM Subject: Re: Wills > My experience with ordering Fulton County wills was similar to yours. I > never did receive a reply as to cost, etc., though I had provided a stamped > self-addressed envelope. But, lo and behold, about six months after I had > written to them, I received a very large envelope with the two wills I had > inquired about and a bill for $18. I know $18 sounds like a lot, but there > were probably about 60 pages for the two wills and lots of very good > information, so it was worth it. > > Linda in CA > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Barton <gbarton@pacbell.net> > To: ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com <ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Monday, July 05, 1999 7:38 AM > Subject: Re: Wills > > > >Can some help? > > > >I wrote to this address on the Jan 30, 1999 and Apr 24, 1999. Both > >times I included a postcard, stamped, for the Court Clerk to please > >inform me of the cost. To this date I have not received a reply to > >either of my letters. I have photocopies of both letters and the > envelopes. > > > >Can someone give me the name of a person in the Courthouse who could > >respond to my writing, an elected County official perhaps? > > > >Thanks, > > > >gary > > > >> Subject: Re: Wills > >> Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 11:50:00 -0400 > >> From: "Bryan W. Lane" <bwl@gate.net> > >> To: ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com > >> > >> Janine, > >> > >> You have to write to the Fulton County Clerk in Lewistown ... > >> > >> Fulton County Clerks Office > >> 100 N. Main > >> Lewistown, IL 61542 > >> > >> Bryan > > >