Hi everyone, May I firstly say that many of you may know about the downloadable Lancashire Wills on Find My Past -- but I didn't - so other members of this list may not not know either. Hence this message and a FOLLOWING similar one about Marriage Licences and Bonds. As we know Lancashire used to be split between 2 Eccliastical Courts. Places in Lancs which were SOUTH of the Ribble came under the Archdeaconry of Chester - places NORTH of the Ribble came under Richmond, Yorks. The pre 1858 Wills held at Cheshire Archives have been filmed and are included on Find My Past. (Possibly not all --- but very many are). These include Lancashire Wills for those people who lived in Lancashire south of the Ribble. As the source of the River Ribble is in North Yorkshire - there are many locations in Lancashire which are south of this river --- Colne, Burnley, Rossendale, Blackburn, Bury Rochdale, Whalley -- and loads more. Hence the Wills for people from these places are within the Cheshire batch on Find My Past. To access these on that site;1. Click 'Search' on the ribbon menu at the top of the home page.2. Select 'Birth, Marriage, Death and parish Records' from the drop down menu which appears.3. In the section labelled ' Browse Subcategory' part way down the search screen - select 'Wills and Probate' (tick the adjacent box)-- and select 'Apply Filters' 4. Input your search criteria - but for your location input CHESHIRE!5. Check the results - BUT to find where the person was located you will need to look at the filmed copy of the Will. You will find lots are Lancashire locations. 6. PLEASE NOTE - many Wills consist of several pages - turn the pages by clicking the right hand arrow. You can download the Will page by page. I hope at least one of you didn't already know this and finds it of some help! Regards June

As we seem to be writing about Wills under the Marriage Licence posting - I thought I would resurrect the initial Will post. Nivard -- in your last message on this subject you said; 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 From: June Dowling via <[email protected]> To: LancsGen <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 8 February 2016, 18:25 Subject: [LAN] Downloadable Early Lancashire Wills Hi everyone, May I firstly say that many of you may know about the downloadable Lancashire Wills on Find My Past -- but I didn't - so other members of this list may not not know either. Hence this message and a FOLLOWING similar one about Marriage Licences and Bonds. As we know Lancashire used to be split between 2 Eccliastical Courts. Places in Lancs which were SOUTH of the Ribble came under the Archdeaconry of Chester - places NORTH of the Ribble came under Richmond, Yorks. The pre 1858 Wills held at Cheshire Archives have been filmed and are included on Find My Past. (Possibly not all --- but very many are). These include Lancashire Wills for those people who lived in Lancashire south of the Ribble. As the source of the River Ribble is in North Yorkshire - there are many locations in Lancashire which are south of this river --- Colne, Burnley, Rossendale, Blackburn, Bury Rochdale, Whalley -- and loads more. Hence the Wills for people from these places are within the Cheshire batch on Find My Past. To access these on that site;1. Click 'Search' on the ribbon menu at the top of the home page.2. Select 'Birth, Marriage, Death and parish Records' from the drop down menu which appears.3. In the section labelled ' Browse Subcategory' part way down the search screen - select 'Wills and Probate' (tick the adjacent box)-- and select 'Apply Filters' 4. Input your search criteria - but for your location input CHESHIRE!5. Check the results - BUT to find where the person was located you will need to look at the filmed copy of the Will. You will find lots are Lancashire locations. 6. PLEASE NOTE - many Wills consist of several pages - turn the pages by clicking the right hand arrow. You can download the Will page by page. I hope at least one of you didn't already know this and finds it of some help! Regards June :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: 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