Betty, thanks for the info. I didn't realize it would take two visits to get info. Did they also say people were limited to just five requests per day? That is what they told me when they sent my letter and check back last year. Maybe I will get back there in the fall, or perhaps I can pay a nephew to do my leg-work. At least now I know it will take two days! Thanks again Susan On 20 Feb 2006 03:34:02 -0700, bbffrrpp@comcast.net <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> wrote: > > More recently I went to Probate Court in Cambridge to request a look at a "will" from 1905. And, again, I found out it requires 2 trips to the Courthouse. That is because all "old" documents are "in storage" and you need to request them one day, and go back several days later to look at them. (Hoping that they can be found !) > > While there, I asked if researchers could request a copy of a "will," for example, by way of writing them a formal letter. They responded, "No." They just do not have the "manpower" to handle "genealogy requests." And, spending the time I did there, I saw how busy they were !