Wills

[BOYTEN]

HI again dont understand the national archives site- tried putting in john ebers will 1790-1800 but nothing tried wills but got too many hits - not sure how to use it at all and have never been able to work the a2a site HELP !!! sorry bit stupid

[behindthefrogs]

I don't think it is you.  There just don't seem to be any Ebers wills there.  A search on Eb* for your dates using the advanced search comes back with a few entries but none look relevant.

Are there any other name variants that you should try?

David

[BOYTEN]

Hi thanks for that feel bit better now. The only other name would be Eber i think- its a German name - i am also looking for a will of his son John Ebers who died in 1858 in London- he was the owner of a bookshop in old bond street so should have made a will- aso his daughter was married to william harrison ainsworth the famous victorian novelist who wrote dick turpin so there was a lot of money around- he was also the manager of the Kings theatre in Haymarket and poured in - and lost thousands of pounds there. Would also like to see william harrison ainsworths will but not even bringing that up

[nigelp]

The earlier part of this thread concerns the location of and details of obtaining post 1858 wills.

Nigel

[BOYTEN]

thanks nigel will try that