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Re: Meaning of John over Lennox in will of Henry Lennox who died 1881
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 04 July 18 12:11 BST (UK) »
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Re: Meaning of John over Lennox in will of Henry Lennox who died 1881
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 04 July 18 12:57 BST (UK) »
The original probably was one page written on both sides, with over in the bottom right of the first side, today we would write p.t.o

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Re: Meaning of John over Lennox in will of Henry Lennox who died 1881
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 04 July 18 13:05 BST (UK) »
Perhaps the details of this John Lennox are referred to over the page!

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I don't think so Skoosh.
The will is just one page. That's all you get on the Proni site.
No facility to look at the next page - I think if there had been some continuation of it on another page, they would have let you see the image.
The image on the Proni site is not the original, it's a transcribed copy.

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Re: Meaning of John over Lennox in will of Henry Lennox who died 1881
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 04 July 18 13:18 BST (UK) »
Yes...perhaps the original Will had John written in it and his surname was written under the word John!
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Re: Meaning of John over Lennox in will of Henry Lennox who died 1881
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 04 July 18 13:54 BST (UK) »
 This has been very interesting . I did not realize that what we are seeing is a transcribed copy .  So my thought is that a person had to either turn over the page or go to another page .  At any rate the word over is not part of his name.  Thanks everyone .
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Re: Meaning of John over Lennox in will of Henry Lennox who died 1881
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday 04 July 18 14:31 BST (UK) »
This has been very interesting . I did not realize that what we are seeing is a transcribed copy .  So my thought is that a person had to either turn over the page or go to another page .  At any rate the word over is not part of his name.  Thanks everyone .
Peggy

No...often a Solicitor would narrate a Will to someone in office and they would record it in Ledger.
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Re: Meaning of John over Lennox in will of Henry Lennox who died 1881
« Reply #15 on: Wednesday 04 July 18 15:43 BST (UK) »
There seems to be some confusion here over exactly what the Will Books are. They are not the original Will or papers from a solicitor's office. The original Wills were copied by clerks by each District Registry and the originals deposited in Dublin. Luckily, when the Wills in Dublin were destroyed, those from the Armagh Belfast and Londonderry Registries survived. These Will Books are what PRONI have copied and indexed so that we can see them online.

In this particular case when the word 'over' was written on the page the clerk transcribed the same thing and carried on with the transcription.
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Re: Meaning of John over Lennox in will of Henry Lennox who died 1881
« Reply #16 on: Wednesday 04 July 18 16:06 BST (UK) »
 If the will is not listed on Proni, might it still exist ? And where? Also when it says no image, does that mean the will has not been transcribed onto Proni but might still be available if asked?
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Re: Meaning of John over Lennox in will of Henry Lennox who died 1881
« Reply #17 on: Monday 30 July 18 13:26 BST (UK) »
If the will is not listed on Proni, might it still exist ? And where? Also when it says no image, does that mean the will has not been transcribed onto Proni but might still be available if asked?
Peggy

Pre-1900 Wills don't survive which is why the Will Books are such a fantastic resource.
As to 'no image' it would depend on that particular item so without further details impossible to answer accurately.
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