I don't think this is entirely true. I have found complete wills in NYC (Manh.) going back to the late 1600s. They can be found at the Surrogate's Court Building, 4th Floor Wills & Probate, 31 Chambers Street, same address as the Municipal Archives. Diane Jacobs -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Pieterse via Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 8:50 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] Barber List You will not get anything from a NYC will.....The date of death was 1827. It is an index and there is nothing else to my knowledge. Name: Lucretia Littell Event Type: Death Event Date: 15 Dec 1827 Event Place: Manhattan, New York, New York, United States Gender: Female Age: 70 Marital Status: Unknown Birth Year (Estimated): 1757 Birthplace: New York GS Film Number: 447546 -----Original Message----- From: Bobbi DeOliveira via <[email protected]> To: NYC-Roots-L <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Jul 17, 2015 7:04 pm Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] Barber List FamilySearch.org has NYC wills online. On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Sue Johnpeter via wrote: > Ancestry has the "Barber Collection" listing New York County, Letters > of > Administration Index, 1743-1875. How do I find the original (or > transcription)? > > If the listing reads 16-215-0 (for Lucretia Littell), where might I > find a > transcription? > > Thanks in advance. > > Sue ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message