Merle: Not sure about City Archives, but City Hall only allows you to view three wills at a time, above that they charge you. Ken Milano -- www.kennethwmilano.com -------------- Original message -------------- From: organizr01@aol.com > 1. If City Hall has both the indexes and the wills and administrations on film, > is there some advantage to seeing the actual wills, which you have to wait for > from the City Archives? > > 2. Can the films be accessed immediately? > > -----Original Message----- > From: phillysleuth@verizon.net > To: philly-roots@rootsweb.com > Sent: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 12:41 PM > Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Orphans Court question > > > I haven't looked at the LDS catalog to know whether or not the actual wills > and admins might be filmed also, but the answer to the second part of your > question is, no, not any more. All wills/admins have to be ordered either in > person or by mail from the Register of Wills in City Hall. There is no more > same day service by going to the C.A with the indexes in hand. > > jo > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 07:24 AM > Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Orphans Court question > > > > Let's clarify. > > > > The indexes are City Hall and the Family History LIbrary, but the actual > wills and administrations are at the City Archives. Is this correct? > > > > If so, and if one has already checked the indexes, can one just order the > wills at the C.A.? > > > > Thanks. > > Merle > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.22/739 - Release Date: 03/29/2007 > 01:36 PM > > > > ********* > 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 > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL > at AOL.com. > > > ********* > 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