>From my experience years ago, I found them to be sloppy in their handling of the files. There were stacks on a desk waiting to be re-filed. The man sitting at the desk did nothing but talk to his fellow employees and eat lunch. I found a document I was looking for in the wrong file but he didn't want to put it where it belonged. This was when the Archives were still in the Annex. In City Hall, the wills are also on microfilm which was the only way one could get to read them. Did you write to the Department of Wills or just the Orphan's Court? Pat Ingersoll ===================== From: Kay Davis <kaydavis2@hotmail.com> Date: 2007/04/01 Sun AM 10:08:00 CDT To: PHILLY-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Subject: [Phly-Rts] Orphans Court question Hi, I hope somebody can help me. From a microfilm of original records entitled Wills (and probate records) I obtained the dates and file numbers for an individual who died in 1889. With that information I wrote to the Register of Wills at the Phila. City Hall to obtain copies. Yesterday I received a reply that stated there was no record for this person. Does anyone have a clue why there's a listing in the index but no file? Thanks in advance, Kay in California. Researching HANLINE, STURGIS, TULLY, COWDEN in Philadelphia _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE Web site, company branded e-mail and more from Microsoft Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/ ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message