Hi John, Your ancestor may have signed the will; but wills are usually drawn up by a solicitors clerk. This would explain other wills being in the same handwriting. Regards Michael. > From: john.stevens27@virgin.net > To: LONDON@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:46:07 +0100 > Subject: [LON] Copy wills from National Archives > > Does anyone have experience of obtaining a copy of a pre-1858 will from this source please? > > Following on from the recent posts about obtaining copy wills I did a search on the TNA > website and was delighted to find an ancestor's will there dating from 1838. Having duly > parted with my hard-earned cash and downloaded the image I am rather frustrated to find > that what I have is a beautifully hand-written copy of the will in an identical hand to the quite > unrelated wills before and after it. Any ideas please on how I might get to see the original > document in my ancestor's own fair hand? > > Thanks > > John > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for matching interests and add your own ! > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message