Shirley, thanks for spelling out the procedures of how will books were processed, who wrote, who signed, and all those good things. I have received essentially the same information from Carrie Adamson of AGS, two good heads better than this one!. Of course I had hoped that Alexander's will would have shed light on the spelling of Grandfather Yelverton, Yealvaton, or Yelverton, or---- as the case may be. But then again, it may in the long run turn out to be a combination of all three, much as other grandfathers spelled Neville (if they could spell at all) in a variety of ways. Three steps forward, two steps back, but on occasion I believe I have it reversed. Thanks, Tom