Hi John I have obtained several wills from TNA at 3.50 GBP each. They are sometimes copies, transcribed by the PCC from the original, or occasionally it is the original with an original signature. Whichever, they are always interesting and good value for money. You can tell if it's a transcription as it will have parts of others' wills included. The writing can be difficult sometimes, so if you need a second opinion, do let me know. Good luck Ruth > 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