On a resent visit to the Probate Registry in Holbeck I noticed a few changes, which might be on interest. Well they've moved up to an area on the 7th floor of the building. The new space seems smaller and quieter than the previous ground floor room. I noticed a new computerised finding aid that's linked up to their ordering system. Will finder runs from 1920 to present,a note rather apologetically stated that it wasn't 100% accurate yet. This I bear out as it failed to find my late father who died in 1980. After two searches it crashed and became unusable. So it is keeping up with the tradition in the Probate Registry of having clunky weird and failed computerised finding aids. On the positive front the nice clerk whose been behind the counter doing the orders since the somerset house days said that there was a plan to have their will finder database on line within the year. An other notice stated that owing to unforeseen circumstances the 1 hour ordering service is no more. I can only wonder what these might be, perhaps the fax machine needs some ink Why do they only cover 1920 to present why not 1858? The Probate Registry is sitting on a treasure trove of genealogical data and need to get their act together so as the information can be make more widely available. Oh and the price has risen to £6 a throw Julian Duffus Sog member 1979 to present Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone on O2