On the subject of probate and wills There are a great number of very interesting podcasts on the National Archives, they can be listened to online or downloaded and heard on an mp3 player etc , they are completely free One of these is on the subject at hand <http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/where-theres-a-will-probate-records-for-family-history-at-the-national-archives-and-beyond/> But there are many more on a variety of subjects <http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/category/family-history/> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > Message body "Probably stating the blindingly obvious but pre 1858 > wills being under ecclesiastical courts, the jurisdiction of the > relevant court covered different administration areas than just plain > county boundaries" and you kindly provided a useful link to the > appropriate section on Family Search. Believe me -- you were not > stating the 'blindingly obvious' to me. Wills have always been a > mystery to me. I ignored them for years. For one thing, coming from > poor or working class stock - I never imagined that any of my > ancestors would have left a Will (this assumption was wrong!). > Furthermore I didn't understand the terminology - 'Ecclesiastical > Courts' - 'Jurisdictions' - 'Admons' etc. All way above my head, so I > took no notice of Wills. Then I found one on what was the Origins > website (now part of Find My Past)! More accurately it was an 'Admon' > - and it was at the Borthwick in York. I sent for this - cost £10. It > was brilliant - it included an inventory of every single thing in the > house - knives, forks, pots, buffets --- it turned this ancestor into > a real person who had used these articles. Then I started finding > Wills (mainly for my Yorkshire ancestors) - I love them now. Still > don't understand all the lingo -- but find them really useful.Next > stage -- to really explore which towns are 'South of the Ribble'. > June --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Thank you for this information, Nivard. Much appreciated. Regards June From: Nivard Ovington via <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 22:02 Subject: Re: [LAN] Downloadable Early Lancashire Wills On the subject of probate and wills There are a great number of very interesting podcasts on the National Archives, they can be listened to online or downloaded and heard on an mp3 player etc , they are completely free One of these is on the subject at hand <http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/where-theres-a-will-probate-records-for-family-history-at-the-national-archives-and-beyond/> But there are many more on a variety of subjects <http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/category/family-history/> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > Message body "Probably stating the blindingly obvious but pre 1858 > wills being under ecclesiastical courts, the jurisdiction of the > relevant court covered different administration areas than just plain > county boundaries" and you kindly provided a useful link to the > appropriate section on Family Search. Believe me -- you were not > stating the 'blindingly obvious' to me. Wills have always been a > mystery to me. I ignored them for years. For one thing, coming from > poor or working class stock - I never imagined that any of my > ancestors would have left a Will (this assumption was wrong!). > Furthermore I didn't understand the terminology - 'Ecclesiastical > Courts' - 'Jurisdictions' - 'Admons' etc. All way above my head, so I > took no notice of Wills. Then I found one on what was the Origins > website (now part of Find My Past)! More accurately it was an 'Admon' > - and it was at the Borthwick in York. I sent for this - cost £10. It > was brilliant - it included an inventory of every single thing in the > house - knives, forks, pots, buffets --- it turned this ancestor into > a real person who had used these articles. Then I started finding > Wills (mainly for my Yorkshire ancestors) - I love them now. Still > don't understand all the lingo -- but find them really useful.Next > stage -- to really explore which towns are 'South of the Ribble'. > June --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list.  No fees!  The list's administrator can be contacted at [email protected] :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message