Thanks Janet for taking the time to explain for all of us on this list how to obtain copies of wills 1858 - 1925. This is very useful information for those of us who didn't know about this source. Jeri Martinez On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 3:09 PM, <janetlovegrove@rogers.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone > > Recently I asked about ordering wills and found out it that it has to be > done thru the Postal Service and can take some time. I was very fortunate > to have my friend contact me and she advised me that these wills were > available at Salt Lake City, Utah. The following day she managed to find > these wills and photocopy them for me. > > Since it was news to me that these films were available thru the LDS, I > thought that this may also be news to a lot of others. My friend has given > me the info below on wills that are available on film from the LDS. Hope > this helps others. > > Janet > > > Wills from 1858 through 1925 are available on film from the LDS. > Knowing which film to order was always a problem because one had to > refer to a loose-leaf binder available only at the main library in Salt > Lake City and perhaps a few other places. This problem has been largely > resolved by a kind and clever fellow who's put a nifty look-up utility > on line at http://www.haine.org.uk/wills/willsearch.php . > > The site illustrates how to take an index entry and enter it into the > form. Results appear (on a separate page) in spreadsheet form. You can > look up one film or keep going and get a handy list to save or print. > > The program is designed for district courts only, though, not the > Principal Probate Registry at London. Films for the PPR are in the FHL > catalogue under 'Record copy wills for the Principal Registry, > 1858-1925.' There is a direct link to it on the Library's wiki: choose > Learn at the top of any of the FamilySearch pages, then Research Wiki, > and enter Principal Probate Registry in the search box; should be the > first hit. > > > ..... > Ancestors in Yorkshire? http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html; > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org; www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk; > www.yorkshireparishregisters.com; www.yorkshireroots.org.uk; > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >