Irish wills

[lesleyhannah]

Does anyone know where we could find out whether an uncle who died in Bantry Bay in 2003 left a will - or how to order it.

Thanks for any help which will be very gratefully received.

[dathai]

try here
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/wills-testamentary-records/

[lesleyhannah]

Thank you for your help dathai. Unfortunately the Archives doesn't hold wills less than 20 years old. I'm not sure whether this is only in Ireland or whether it's the same in the UK too. Has anyone managed to obtain recent wills from Ireland? We're hoping this might throw a light on the uncle's family, about whom we know nothing at all.
Thanks again.

[heywood]

Hello,

I am sure you have done this but sometimes just searching with the person's name and residence place will bring up death notices or anniversary notices. Do you know if he had a family?

Heywood

[hallmark]

The Will would be at Probate Office in Cork and declaration of who got what!!

http://www.courts.ie/courts.ie/library3.nsf/pagecurrent/D6536B4B00396842802575AF003E0ECC?opendocument&l=en

[lesleyhannah]

Thank you both for your help. I have just emailed the probate office Hallmark suggested, and will let you know the result. Heywood - he was an only child, whose parents are deceased. I'm trying to help my son-in-law, his nephew, who lost touch with his uncle many years ago. We suspect this uncle may have had a family in Ireland. We're still trying to get his death cert - looking for a possible will might give clues.

Thanks again
Lesley

[heywood]

I hope you are successful.
I looked for the man named in an earlier thread and tried my tips myself and got nowhere! Just a death January 2003. Is that him?

Heywood

[lesleyhannah]

Yes, that's uncle Tommy! Amazing how we can find wills and trace deaths of ancestors from hundreds of years ago yet tracing relatives we actually met can be almost impossible! I will let you know if we have any luck with this search
Best wishes
Lesley

[heywood]

Thanks! That would be interesting.