You can apply at any Probate Office It used to be a few days delay for them to supply as they order them in turn from London or York, they used to arrive by FAX But that is often beyond reach of many people For those ordering from abroad York is the usual source and used to be the best way without knowing where the Will was probated as they hold all wills Nationwide from 1858 County Records Offices may hold some wills So it rather depends on how close you are to a Probate Office really Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Apparently you can apply to local regional offices as well as York. > > -- > Charani (UK)

Nivard Ovington wrote: > You can apply at any Probate Office > > It used to be a few days delay for them to supply as they order them in turn > from London or York, they used to arrive by FAX > > But that is often beyond reach of many people You don't have to apply in person though. > For those ordering from abroad York is the usual source and used to be the > best way without knowing where the Will was probated as they hold all wills > Nationwide from 1858 All that's changed now - thanks to Ancestry, or will (no pun intended) when they have all years. > So it rather depends on how close you are to a Probate Office really My closest ones are Exeter, Bristol and Gloucester so if my husband isn't going to Gloucester for a while, I can apply to Exeter or Bristol. -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk