On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:49:56 -0400 "Ellen" <ellen@b-n-s.com> writes: [...] > if a courthouse is willing to send you a copy of the will & even > when you [go] there for it, you are not going to get a copy of > the original will. You are going to get a copy that has been > recorded in a numbered will book. [...] > You need to insist on seeing the original copy if you suspect > an error has occurred, otherwise all may just be fine with > the recorded copy for the most part. I'd always assumed that the original was destroyed/ returned to the family once it was recorded... Ron Bauerle http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bauerle/