Liz, Unfortunately Russell Whitbread Lavender seems to have no connected to the brewery trade. It appears that he was a local builder. Kind regards Andy Claxton -----Original Message----- From: Liz Stilwell [mailto:elizabeth.stilwell@sky.com] Sent: 27 May 2010 09:30 To: Andy Claxton Cc: KENT-ENG@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [KENT-ENG] Obtaining copy of a pre 1858 Will and Probate Andy Claxton wrote: > I have found a distant relative listed on the East Kent Wills web site and > would be interested in obtaining a copy of the Will and Probate. I have > checked the NA and Canterbury Archive web sites but neither seems to list > the individual concerned. Russell Whitbread Lavender died in April 1844 at > Canterbury. > > Grateful for a pointer as to where would be the best place to obtain a copy > of the documents? Hi Andy Can't really add anything to Susan's really good advice for finding the will but wanted to say that as your man had a middle name of Whitbread I just wondered if he had any connection to the famous brewers WHITBREDS. If so you may well find out more about him from their archives. Just thought this might be of interest to you best wishes Liz __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5148 (20100526) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com