Good morning all, ] I have a PCC will 1855 and I now see that there is a will for the same person in the Scottish Wills. Would or could there be a difference--or maybe there was estates in both place. Any ideas? Marg

Well now, its night time here ;-) Hope this might help you understand the system. You need to be sure that the Will you have is that of the person you think has made it. Not necessarily so. I have one I purchased, i.e paid a fee to view of the same name, same location, but absolutely not the person I thought had made the Will. Under Scots law moveable property (clothes, furniture, farm stock, crops etc) was disposed of in a will or testament, and heritable property (buildings, land) was disposed of by deed (these records have not been digitised). There were rules governing the inheritance of moveable property, which meant that it could be divided up among the family *without a will being made*. A Testament would however have to be sworn. You can find more information about this in the Property and Inheritance FAQs on ScotlandsPeople:- http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/faqs/questions/index.aspx?380 The website of the National Archives of Scotland (NAS) has information about heritable property:- http://www.nas.gov.uk/guides/deeds.asp http://www.nas.gov.uk/guides/inheriting.asp Janet www.globechatters.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "margaret" <[email protected]> > Good morning all, > ] I have a PCC will 1855 and I now see that there is a will for the same person in the Scottish Wills. > Would or could there be a difference--or maybe there was estates in both place. > Any ideas? > Marg