could someone tell me if any wills and testamentary papers can be found in any of the old records. looking for wills of John DODDS died 1835 in Armagh city, and perhaps others. any wills availabe for the years 1780, 1818, 1801, 1805, 1824??? all DODDS that died in Co. Armagh. any help appreciated. searching DODDS, CORBETT HALL, LAWRENCE, MARTIN, MANN, call 1-204-785-2531, e-mail larrydodds@shaw.ca

(See query below): While original wills and administrations of the property-owning classes were apparently destroyed in a fire in Public Records Office along with most (but not all) of the Will and Grant Books in which they were inscribed -- indexes, abstracts and transcripts remain, many with considerable amounts of information. See John Grenham's "Tracing Your Irish Ancestors," for 300+ pages on different types of records, resources in general, those specific to a particular Irish county. There is a chapter on wills pre-1858 and post-1858. ----- Original Message ----- From: "larry dodds" <larrydodds@shaw.ca> Could someone tell me if any wills and testamentary papers can be found in > any of the old records. looking for wills of John DODDS died 1835 in Armagh > city, and perhaps others. > any wills available for the years 1780, 1818, 1801, 1805, 1824??? all DODDS > that died in Co. Armagh. any help appreciated. > > searching DODDS, CORBETT > HALL, LAWRENCE, MARTIN, MANN, >>