Listers, So far, I have downloaded the Will for only one ancestor (the others are not yet available), but it has been very illuminating. There are two separate entries for several of my ancestors whose Wills are in the index. In response to a query I sent to "Scottish Documents" I received the following information (snipped), which may be useful to all of you: << [one listing] is for his will, and the other entry is the inventory of his estate (the descriptions are taken from the text of each document). Both are in the registers of Edinburgh Sheriff Court. Because this court recorded so many executries it kept separate registers for inventories and wills. When someone died intestate executors would be appointed by the court, an inventory would be drawn up and this would be the only document relating to the estate. When a will was left the apponted executors would still be charged with drawing up an inventory and both documents would be recorded in the registers. In Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and some other courts separate registers were kept for wills and inventories, but in other courts all the documents were recorded in one register. Sometimes, information about an estate would come to light after the inventory had been registered and in such cases an additional inventory would be registered. This would account for some of the people you are interested in having more than one entry in our index. >> Hope this helps ..... Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission. Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada kenharrison11@cs.com