Amy, When researching for a probate/succession I would recommend going to < familysearch.org> and searching their library card catalog. There you can type in any state or country you are researching. Once the area you want comes up click on the link and it will give you a list of all the different items the Family History Library has on microfilm. For New York you could type in say Erie in the first box and New York in the second box. Keep clicking on the links until you come across probates. (Typically half way down) click on this. You will first want to see if they have an index. Order the index at your local Family History Center (cost is about 3.50) once you have your ancestor name and succession pkt number you can look for the film that holds that pkt. Then order this film. The total cost to you will be about (7.00). Not bad when you compare the price of going to each state you need. Not to mention these are microfilmed copies of the real documents. You can do this same thing for a lot of your research saving you tons and tons of money. PS often times many of your ancestors will be on the same film saving you even more money. <G> Cindy Hofmeister hofsearch@aol.com In a message dated 4/25/05 2:04:23 PM Central Daylight Time, amyalbers@charter.net writes: > I am sending this to each listserve to which I subscribe in hopes of > getting answers specific to each one. I looked on the sampubco site and found > listings of wills for several confirmed and potential ancestors. Is sampubco the > only way I can obtain copies of these wills? I'm thinking there must be > another way since Erie county doesn't even have anything listed on there. Is > there a form to send to the county directly, or does anyone do lookups? The > prices on the sampubco site seemed awfully high, and if there is a way I could > do it cheaper, I would LOVE to! I'm in GA and a gen. trip to NY does not > appear to be in the cards anytime soon! Thanks in advance! > > Amy Albers >

$7.00 plus whatever they charge for copies. Still cheaper than going through NYS. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hofsearch@aol.com> To: <NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 6:32 AM Subject: Re: [NYERIE] How to get copies of wills? > Amy, > > When researching for a probate/succession I would recommend going to < > familysearch.org> and searching their library card catalog. There you can > type in any > state or country you are researching. Once the area you want comes up > click > on the link and it will give you a list of all the different items the > Family > History Library has on microfilm. > > For New York you could type in say Erie in the first box and New York in > the > second box. Keep clicking on the links until you come across probates. > (Typically half way down) click on this. You will first want to see if > they have an > index. Order the index at your local Family History Center (cost is about > 3.50) > once you have your ancestor name and succession pkt number you can look > for > the film that holds that pkt. Then order this film. > The total cost to you will be about (7.00). Not bad when you compare the > price of going to each state you need. Not to mention these are > microfilmed copies > of the real documents. You can do this same thing for a lot of your > research > saving you tons and tons of money. > > PS often times many of your ancestors will be on the same film saving you > even more money. <G> > > Cindy Hofmeister > hofsearch@aol.com > > In a message dated 4/25/05 2:04:23 PM Central Daylight Time, > amyalbers@charter.net writes: > > >> I am sending this to each listserve to which I subscribe in hopes of >> getting answers specific to each one. I looked on the sampubco site and >> found >> listings of wills for several confirmed and potential ancestors. Is >> sampubco the >> only way I can obtain copies of these wills? I'm thinking there must be >> another way since Erie county doesn't even have anything listed on there. >> Is >> there a form to send to the county directly, or does anyone do lookups? >> The >> prices on the sampubco site seemed awfully high, and if there is a way I >> could >> do it cheaper, I would LOVE to! I'm in GA and a gen. trip to NY does not >> appear to be in the cards anytime soon! Thanks in advance! >> >> Amy Albers >> > > > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >