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    1. [YORKSGEN] Ordering Wills thru LDS
    2. 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.

    05/16/2012 09:09:40