Hi Irene Thanks that was very useful I will check my local LDS library Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Irene Polkinghorne" <polk@ihug.co.nz> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: March 16, 2003 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [Renfrew] CURRIE, O'MAY, BLACK Resrearch > Hi Donna, > Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories , explanation copy & pasted. > Indexes to all surviving registers of wills and testaments before 1801 have > been published by the Scottish Record Society. An annual 'Calendar of > Confirmations & Inventories' has been prepared by the Commissary Clerk of > Edinurgh since 1876. Enquiries about the wills themselves should be made to > the Scottish Record Office - you should be able to find information on their > website. I understand that these indexes can be accessed through the LDS, > but the actual Wills are only available through the SCRO > > Basically this is the Scottish form of Probate. Tracing Your Scottish > Ancestors published by the Scottish Record Office states under Executries > since 1876 (para 6.25): > > "Each entry gives the name and designation of the deceased, the date and > place of death, whether testate or intestate, where and when confirmation > was granted, the name and designation of the executor and the value of the > estate. If the deceased was testate, we are given the date of the will and > the court books in which it has been recorded and when. To investigate > further, not the name of the sheriff court where confirmation was granted , > the date of confirmation, and, if there is a W ill, in which court books and > when it was recorded." > > (The inventory and Will each had to be recorded before confirmation was > granted). > > 'confirmation granted to .......... ' means that the Will was approved and > the executors could then got on with the job of sorting out the estate. > > This is a very basic explanation and you may wish to read further about > this. > > I had a friend went to Mitchell Library researching same name and sent them > to me via email. > We have some in our local LDS research rooms , Templeview, but they are > earlier ones. > Hope this helps.. > Irene in Hamilton NZ > > > ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== > ********************************************************************** > To search the Rootsweb lists go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >