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littlemak
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I know how to order a will but can anyone tell me if there is a way to find out if a person definitely left a will?
Does the Suffolk record office have records of who left wills?
Thankyou for your time.
Carol
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Essex,U.K -Burton, Horsnell, Tracey, Makaruk, Pennock
Suffolk, U.K -Crane, King, Argent, Bailey, Hickford, Webb
Poland- Makaruk
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lizdb
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The index books can be searched - free - at th eProbate Office in Holborn London for Wills and Letters of Admin.
I think some record offices do hold some indexes too - but if you are ever in London the Holborn place is well worth a visit!
Like you I am in Essex - and I once took a trip there with a list of everyone I could think of from my tree and there date of death or approx time of death, and did a session looking for Will for them all, whatever part of the country. With reasonable success despite many being poor, and with some amazing discoveries!
Good luck!
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littlemak
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Hi Liz
Going to London is not an option for me, so I think it will be a case of sending off for the will I want and hoping it exists 
Many thanks for your answer
Carol
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Essex,U.K -Burton, Horsnell, Tracey, Makaruk, Pennock
Suffolk, U.K -Crane, King, Argent, Bailey, Hickford, Webb
Poland- Makaruk
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suffolkmawther
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'Jumper' & Eliza Fulker
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Some Wills are listed on the A2A web site, which is now accessed via the National Archives web site.
I found a couple of our Suffolk Wills that way and was surprised to find one of my Berkshsire family had left a Will - I think it was about GBP 3.50 to download.
Might be worth putting in the name of your ancestor to find out if indeed a Will exists and then you can decide which way to go ?
Pat ...
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Every time I find an ancestor, I have to find two more !
SUFFOLK - Pendle, Stygall, Pipe, Fruer, Bridges, Fisk, Bellamy, Sparham
DERBY - Bridges and Frost (originally from Framlingham/Parham Suffolk)
NOTTINGHAM - Lambert and Selby
BERKSHIRE/then Hammersmith/Barnes LND - Fulker
LONDON/MDX - Murray, Clancy, Broker, Hoskins, Marsden, Wilson, Sale
Gt-Grandfather Michael Wilson was born in Cork, lived in Fulham London - arrived Boston USA 1889 alone - what happened next?
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greensleeves
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Greensleeves
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I recently found the 1653 Will of one of my ancestors in the Documents Online section of the National Archives. As Pat says, it costs about £3.50 to download a copy. It was really exciting to find this, and I've also had a lot of help from RC'ers in deciphering it! In fact, I had so much fun, I think I'll go back there now and have another rummage....
Best of luck,
Greensleeves
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Suffolk: Pearl(e) & variations - Brettenham, Hitcham,Rattlesden; Waddilove - Rattlesden and possibly Norfolk. Garnham - Belstead, Ipswich & area.
Durham/Yorkshire: Sedgwick - West Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Leeds, Merrington.
Shadforth - Hartlepool/Stockton
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coombs
RootsChat Aristocrat
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Thomas Roberts & Mary Ann Walder 1864 Marriage
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Hi Carol
What is the name and rough year he died? If after 1858, they should be at the Probate Office in London but if it was before, you would have to know which court but then again Suffolk RO in Lowestoft has indexes of Suffolk wills. Or try the A2A website.
Ben
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Researching:
LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET/SOMERSET Coombs, pre 1780s.
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Palding
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham.
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe.
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster.
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk 1700s.
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift.
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain.
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littlemak
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Hi Ben, Pat, suffolkmawther and Greensleeves
Thankyou for the information you have all given me I will certainly look on the A2A site and try putting their names in.
I am looking for Humphrey King of Wickhambrook who died in 1949 and I also want to see if his wife Jane Amelia King who died in 1929 made a will, she was left the family house by her Father in 1910 for her and her heirs and I think from memory it said she could not sell it. So my thinking was she might have made a will to make sure her four daughters did not argue
Many thanks for all your help
Carol
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coombs
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Thomas Roberts & Mary Ann Walder 1864 Marriage
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Hi
In that case a 1929 and 1949 will should be at the Probate Office in High Holborn in London. It might be a good idea to perhaps check one or two years after their years of death in case there was a delay in the will being proven.
Ben
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Researching:
LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET/SOMERSET Coombs, pre 1780s.
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Palding
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham.
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe.
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster.
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk 1700s.
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift.
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain.
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littlemak
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Thankyou Ben, I will take a chance and send off for their wills and hope they made one  as I can not get to London.
Is it likely that a woman in 1929 would have made a will?
Thankyou
Carol
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suffolkmawther
RootsChat Aristocrat
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'Jumper' & Eliza Fulker
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Every possibility Carol, one that I downloaded via A2A a couple of years ago was made by one of our Susannah's in the 1800s - we then discovered that all the property the family held came from her
Pat ...
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Every time I find an ancestor, I have to find two more !
SUFFOLK - Pendle, Stygall, Pipe, Fruer, Bridges, Fisk, Bellamy, Sparham
DERBY - Bridges and Frost (originally from Framlingham/Parham Suffolk)
NOTTINGHAM - Lambert and Selby
BERKSHIRE/then Hammersmith/Barnes LND - Fulker
LONDON/MDX - Murray, Clancy, Broker, Hoskins, Marsden, Wilson, Sale
Gt-Grandfather Michael Wilson was born in Cork, lived in Fulham London - arrived Boston USA 1889 alone - what happened next?
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littlemak
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Brilliant Pat thankyou I will send off and see what comes back
Carol
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littlemak
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Hi all
I sent off for the two wills and recently received them back Jane Amelia King left her house to her husband for his use during his life time together with her investments after his death the house was to be sold and the money realised together with her investments was to be divided between her four daughters, Mabel Georgina, Rose Elgerina, Beatrice May and Jessie Elizabeth Jane. Unfortunately two months after she wrote her will Jessie died aged 3 months. For some reason she never made another will so her two daughters born after her will was made were not mentioned.
Humphrey King divided his money between his two daughters Winnifred Jane and Elisie Irene his daughter Beatrice was named as executor and not named in the will.
Is there any way I can find out when the house was sold and what it made?
many thanks for all your help so far
Carol
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