Lauren, This may help you and others. I found it in the Sunday paper. For records fro Onondaga County Surrogate Court, go to: >http:surrrogate5th.courts.state.ny.us/public/< Basic information on records can be viewed with general access to the site. To view documents, users must register for a password. Any document filed in the Surrogate Court case filed after court action has been initiated is available. A will on file while a person is still alive would not be on the site, but a will accepted by the court for probate after a person's death would be available. Also available would be any documents filed in a case as a result of court action, such as an order granting a person the right to act as an administrator for an estate and any documents relating to a battle over a contested will. I too, am on a fixed income and did use, contribute to and enjoy the genealogy sites when there was no charge but I cannot afford the fee that they now charge. Betty