Author Topic: NATIONAL ARCHIVES LOOKUP REQUEST- CALENDAR OF WILLS 1858-1920  (Read 4310 times)

Offline rryan

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES LOOKUP REQUEST- CALENDAR OF WILLS 1858-1920
« on: Friday 17 April 15 14:33 BST (UK) »
Anyone going to NAI I would greatly appreciate a lookup of my 2 grandfathers estate letters.
What info I have is.:
(210) 12 Oct  Page 532/1868
WOOD James  Letters of Administration of the personnel estate  of James WOOD late of Dernawill County CAVAN.Farmer dec'd who died 13 Apr 1865 at same place was granted at the personnel Registry to William WOOD of 17 Ashton's- Quay gentleman the son & one of the next of kin of the said dec'd.
Would love to be able to know what was in those letters of my 2 g grandfather
Rae Warwick Qld Aust.

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Re: NATIONAL ARCHIVES LOOKUP REQUEST- CALENDAR OF WILLS 1858-1920
« Reply #1 on: Monday 15 June 15 08:17 BST (UK) »
Letters of Administration simply mean there was no Will but son William was granted permission to administer the estate of his father. There will be no surviving paperwork.
Away sorting out DNA matches... I may be gone for some time many years!