Can someone help me please to order a will

[JulesSmith]

I have found an entry on A*****y which gives a date of 27 September 1869, dod 25 march 1869. Proved Lincoln. Is this enough info to order a copy of the will? I was a bit confused by HM site about grant dates etc.

Should I be writing to Postal Searches and Copies Department, York Probate Sub-Registry, 1st Floor, Castle Chambers, Clifford Street, York YO1 9RG
asking for a search?

Or writing to First Avenue House requesting a copy?

Advise desperately needed because I am very excited about this search.

many thanks

[margaretmarch]

I usually write to my local Probate office and give the date of death and date and place of probate granted and that seems enough, they are also very quick which I think York are not.
You could ring your local Probate Office and ask if they will get it for you.
Margaret

[JulesSmith]

Thanks Margaret, I will try to find out where my local one is.

[margaretmarch]

Just google probate and it should come up under HM Courts Service then you click through to find your local office.
Margaret

[margaretmarch]

Have a look on this site http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/i...registries.htm

[JulesSmith]

thanks again, you have been a big help. it's the first time I've ordered copies of wills as you can probably tell lol

[Anne in Carlisle]

Whenever I order a will from York I just copy the main part (dates, name, date of death etc) from the Probate Calendar as a 'paragraph'. I just ask for a copy of the will quoted below .....

Its always worked so far. I got a cracker recently which solved a big brickwall! I hadn't found it before because it went to probate 17 years after the death!

Anne

[margaretmarch]

Wow, Anne! there must have been some serious issues to take so long for probate to go through but I bet the will made interesting reading when you got it.
Margaret

[Anne in Carlisle]

Oh yes! It was only a short will but it mentioned a wife we didn't know he had and a brother which proved to me which person (of 2 possibles) my gg grandfather was. I suspect the delay was because of the wife (a 2nd marriage which I have not yet found) They may have waited until she died to sort out the will on the basis that it was easier to do nothing than do a battle!

Anne