Hi. Ancestry.com should give you the index references for the probate for 1937, from which you ought to be able to take that information and apply for the will at the Probate Registry. For further information go to "<http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/probate/copies-of-grants-wills>http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/probate/copies-of-grants-wills I have applied for many wills from Australia and have found each and every one to have been worth the while. State Libraries also have microfiche or microfilm of the probate indexes from which you may glean the details which include where and when the deceased died or last known address and date, profession, age, whether probate or administration and the names and addresses of executors. If you do not have Ancestry.com at home on your computer, many libraries in Australia both State, Family History Societies, and LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) will have it for free at <http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1904>http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1904 otherwise some kind soul on the list may check it out for you and find the references. Good fortune in your searching. Graham Melbourne Oz

Just a little hiccup in my recent email. Due, no doubt to copying and pasting. Never works properly does it? The url for Ancestry is out of place. It is NOT free. Best wishes Graham At 03:34 PM 1/10/2012, you wrote: >Hi. Ancestry.com should give you the index references for the probate >for 1937, from which you ought to be able to take that information >and apply for the will at the Probate Registry. For further >information go to >"<http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/probate/copies-of-grants-wills>http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/probate/copies-of-grants-wills > >I have applied for many wills from Australia and have found each and >every one to have been worth the while. State Libraries also have >microfiche or microfilm of the probate indexes from which you may >glean the details which include where and when the deceased died or >last known address and date, profession, age, whether probate or >administration and the names and addresses of executors. > >If you do not have Ancestry.com at home on your computer, many >libraries in Australia both State, Family History Societies, and LDS >(Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) will have it for free >at ><http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1904>http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1904 > >otherwise some kind soul on the list may check it out for you and >find the references. > >Good fortune in your searching. >Graham >Melbourne >Oz > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MONMOUTHSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

G'day Everybody Many thanks for your prompt help and interest in my problem with Sarah Ann Lewis. Your time, trouble and enthusiasm were not wasted because it prevented me from going down the wrong branch of the Lewis family tree. I suppose I knew in my bones that the Sarah Ann Lewis that I had found couldn't be my great-grandmother. She had money, in fact quite a lot of money for that time. I have my Sarah Ann in the 1901 census in Pontypool aged 37 but there the trail ends. Coincidentally, she did have a brother William but there was no Miriam in her family. She had nine siblings, five sisters and four brothers but no Miriam amongst them. So the hunt will continue although with the plethora of Lewis families in the Eastern Valleys bothy then and now I will have to use a very fine tooth comb to find the right one. Once again, the Monmouthshire list has come up trumps, and produced a result, even if it wasn't the one I'd hoped for. Regards, Best Wishes for the coming winter months. Keep safe and warm and in good health. Ray Lewis Hazelmere Western Australia

Hi Ray Haven't really been following the thread but if you had a Mary Ann in the family she could be Miriam - I have one recorded as both. Regards Lyn In Oz (Brisbane) >