I found a link for Kings county probate/wills that is easy to search and I did successfully find a greatx2 grandmothers will. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-662-11299-4102-43?cc=1466356&wc=MPCW-R74:44954901,126828301,126885101#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Frecapi%2Fsord%2Fwaypoint%2FMP7N-929%3A44954901%3Fcc%3D1466356 Gail Jorgensen ~ Gail Schinnerer Jorgensen ~ On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Joyce Presnall via <[email protected]> wrote: > I found yesterday while searching through KINGS that more recent wills are > not indexed, but for the newer ones there is a file # and you probably need > to go to local sources to get it. Many people did not have wills, but > there are also links for probate etc that you might want to look at for > those who died intestate. > > I am sure not every will that ever existed is in these files on > familysearch.org , but there are tons of them. With luck you will find the > one you need. > > I have had overwhelming responses asking for the WORD doc and in many cases > I sent them to many people at one time via BCC...so check your SPAM folders > if you have not heard back from me. If you did not get it for some reason, > email me again and I will resend. > > Have a great day > > Joyce > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 4:58 AM, Christine Clark via < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Barbara, > > > > You are correct in that all are not digitized and available online. > > > > I spoke with kings county Surrogates last year and if you do the look up > > at their Johnson Street location it is free and you'd pay for copies > unless > > you take a picture with a mobile device. > > > > If they do it it is $75, at least at that time. > > > > An 1898 will was a goldmine for me as it talked about his son he left in > > England, the name of his first wife and where the son lived, which I > > hadn't known previously. > > > > If you have a brick wall with these folks, it might be worth it but if it > > is just to have it in your files, then $75 is a big sum, IMO. > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 16:22:55 +0000 (UTC) > > > From: Barbara Kiersh <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] not all wills digitized > > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > Message-ID: > > > <[email protected]> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > > > ? Joyce and list, > > > For many of us, our search ends at the General Index.? The years I > > wanted was 1947 and 1951, Kings County.? These years are only on index > > cards.? I found the cards I wanted and that's where my search ends.? My > > grandfather, Sam Kessler's card reads 8762-51, Oct 28, 1951 (which is the > > date of his death) and then his address at time of death.? No doubt this > is > > him, but I'm not able to go any further.? His second wife's index card is > > even more sparse, and if I didn't know the date of her death I wouldn't > > know it was her.? Her card reads Ray Kessler, 4596-47, May 10, 1947.? > > Obviously the numbers 51 and 47 indicated the years of death.? I don't > know > > what the first numbers refer to, perhaps file number.? But I would still > > have to order these wills from Kings County Probate Court and pay for > > them.? Yes, I would like them but I haven't investigated how much they > > would cost.? I'm assuming expensive.? Right now I'm unwilling to pay. > > > Joyce or perhaps another lister, if there's a way you know to see the > > digitized image I would very much appreciate it. > > > Barbara KiershJacksonville, FL > > > > > > - > > > > > > them.? Yes, I would like them but I haven't investigated how much they > > would cost.? I'm assuming expensive.? Right now I'm unwilling to pay. > > > Joyce or perhaps another lister, if there's a way you know to see the > > digitized image I would very much appreciate it. > > > Barbara KiershJacksonville, FL > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Researching Stephenson/Stevenson, Fleury, Heald, Lindelof, Young, Rubino, > Cammarota, Mandracchia, Vaiarelli, Mulhern, Johnson, Haight, Erickson, > Munson, Northrup, Sears, Camp, Gunn, Allen, Gorham, Plumb, Beard, Rogers, > Eliot, Briscoe, Bradley, Mix, Wilmot, Pritchard, Mew, Stone, Sparke, > Bayley, Bailey, Redfield, Redfin, Howland, Tilley, Sturgis, Hinckley, Kirk, > Norton, Gerard, and many more... > > ------------------------------- > 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 >