Hello Christine > I obtained this copy from the Oxfordshire Record Office a few years > ago, and it's only now as I am going through information to add to > TNG software for my genealogy blog, that I realise that the Witness > signatures were covered by a corner of the page being turned over > onto them, as the copy was made! That was and is often done to protect the wax seal. > I can read one Witness signature as Tho. Brigham and can see > another surname of Brigham but can't see the first name or if there > are any other names shown. > > As I am disabled and living in Cornwall, I really can't get to > Oxfordshire so wonder if anyone happens to be visiting the Record > Office, if they could maybe ask to see this Will and transcribe > just the Witness signatures for me please? I'm afraid that, living in Cheshire, I can't help with that -- but I'm sure someone will. We already have your excellent transcript of this will on the OFHS Wills Library, passed on to us (I believe with your approval) by Paul Irving. If you discover the missing name, please will you tell me so that I can amend the on-line version. And if you have any more Oxon wills (other than the four passed to us by Paul), please may we use them? Best wishes . . . DaveB OFHS Wills Library Coordinator

I asked for a copy of a will recently and was told that because it was bound it could not be split into individual pages nor could the pages be turned sufficiently for these to be copied - I paid a very small fe for the transcription of the names and bequests. If no-one can help you with a look up email them and ask them. Wendy -----Original Message----- From: David Beames Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 6:35 PM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] Checking a Will, could sks help please? Hello Christine > I obtained this copy from the Oxfordshire Record Office a few years > ago, and it's only now as I am going through information to add to > TNG software for my genealogy blog, that I realise that the Witness > signatures were covered by a corner of the page being turned over > onto them, as the copy was made! That was and is often done to protect the wax seal. > I can read one Witness signature as Tho. Brigham and can see > another surname of Brigham but can't see the first name or if there > are any other names shown. > > As I am disabled and living in Cornwall, I really can't get to > Oxfordshire so wonder if anyone happens to be visiting the Record > Office, if they could maybe ask to see this Will and transcribe > just the Witness signatures for me please? I'm afraid that, living in Cheshire, I can't help with that -- but I'm sure someone will. We already have your excellent transcript of this will on the OFHS Wills Library, passed on to us (I believe with your approval) by Paul Irving. If you discover the missing name, please will you tell me so that I can amend the on-line version. And if you have any more Oxon wills (other than the four passed to us by Paul), please may we use them? Best wishes . . . DaveB OFHS Wills Library Coordinator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OFHS Open Day - 1 October in Woodstock www.ofhs.org.uk ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message