Irish wills

[hallmark]

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

No it's not... when my father died and probate was finished it had to be recorded. Why should anyone have free access to it online??

Yes they can check Probate Office if they want.... but will they go to the trouble?


Same with Court cases, one can go and look at what someone was awarded, but not freely accessible online!

[lesleyhannah]

I see your point. In our case we're not interested in what he left - we'd just like to know what happened to him and whether he had another family. They might be as pleased to know about their English relatives as my son-in-law would be to know them! A death certificate would have answered some of the questions. We've applied for one but don't know whether we'll be successful. The advantage of wills is that people almost always name their partner/children. So fingers crossed!

[hallmark]

So... what was the name of person??

[heywood]

This is where I got the information from.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=734667.0

However, there it mentions  the Navy and a December 2003 death, where by browsing, a death in January 2003 and a connection to films was mentioned. 

[hallmark]

OK thanks!  Which Navy? Russian? American? Irish?... etc, probably some Military site?? The funeral might not have been in Ireland either.

Searched rip.ie etc, nothing!

[lesleyhannah]

Jan 2003 is correct - as is the film industry connection. My son-in-law thinks he did serve in the navy (in the war perhaps?) but I've thought since that the reference to the crew could have referred to a film crew - he did very small parts but also props. We've found a number of references to him online in the film parts

Because he died relatively recently and because we don't know whether he did leave a family I don't want to put his name in the public domain, but I'll send you a personal message with it. It's a family mystery how this uncle just disappeared for many years and for some reason no-one in the family seems to know what happened to him. It's one of those unsolved mysteries that I guess we all have in our trees. So hopefully if we can get either a death cert or a will, we'll be able to get a bit closer to the truth!

[hallmark]

http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc01a0a34

[hallmark]

He worked as these on various films... just because he died in Bantry doesn't mean his Will is there!!


1986 Castaway  Dressing Props

1983 Party Party Property Master

1982 The Draughtsman's Contract  Props

1981  The Appointment  Property Master

1978 Murder by Decree   Charge Hand Props

1976 The Man Who Fell to Earth  Property Master

1974 Paper Tiger Property Master

1974 Monty Python and the Holy Grail Property Master

1973 A Doll's House    With [Props]

[dawnsh]

If the situation in Ireland is the same as England and Wales, only approx 1/3 of people make a will, meaning the majority 2/3 do not.