Found this reference on Boston Ststes list (Good site ) Edd Sinnett in Florida ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Sergeant" <info@genealogyfair.com> To: <BOSTON-STATES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 10:32 AM Subject: [Bos-St] Scottish Documents Offers Will Index > Reproduced with permission of ResearchBuzz > ( http://www.researchbuzz.com ). > > ** Scottish Documents Offers Will Index > > Scottish Documents ( > http://www.scottishdocuments.com/content/default.asp ) > offers a searchable index of over 300,000 names in Scottish > wills from 1500-1875. > > You can do a simple search (first name and surname) or an > advanced search (first name, surname, date range, > occupation). A search for Sinclair failed because it came up > with over 500 results. A search for Mochrie found 21results. > Results listed include surname, first name, date, > designation (looks like most of the time this is > occupation), and court. In the future you'll be able to buy > digital copies of the wills from the site, but currently > that option is not available. > > There are some other items available on this site. The > research tools section offers, among other things, hints on > handwriting help and occupations. Famous Scots offers a > short list of Scots people who died between 1500 and 1875. > Finally, the site offers examples of wills over different > time periods. The one from 1532 is amazin'. > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com > > > ==== BOSTON-STATES Mailing List ==== > Try the USGenWeb archives global search! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/htdig/search.html >