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General => The Common Room => Topic started by: belfordian on Friday 07 November 25 12:02 GMT (UK)
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Like a lot of people I’m now rushing to obtain a will before charges rise on 17 Nov. I can see the exact one I want on Ancestry’s list of wills. It is for a death overseas in 1915 for which probate was issued in 1936. The reason for delay is probably that a property was not sold until 1936. However when I try to find it on the official Gov Probate website in order to purchase a copy it cannot be found although I have entered all the correct details e.g. name, exact date of death, exact date of probate issue. There is no means of querying this via the website.
What would you advise me to do?
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Give us the details - name etc - so we can have a look
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George Fenwick Dockwrey died 20-07-1915 Bahia Bianca Argentina
Probate issued 03-12-1936 when his widow who had remarried sold their house.
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On the first search page just enter the surname Dockwrey, and put 1936 as the year of death. Save and continue. Ignore all the questions on the next page, save and continue. That should get you to the page image that you need.
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It's an administration, so there is no Will.
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Thank you! So if there is no will, is it still worth sending for any documentation? There must be some……?
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Probably not. The letters of administration documents that I've seen contain very little information over and above what you can see in the Probate calendar.
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Probably not. The letters of administration documents that I've seen contain very little information over and above what you can see in the Probate calendar.
I agree with Shaun: the Letters of Administration (very similar to a Grant of Probate) will at most tell you the name and address of the person charged with administering the estate and the declared value of the estate. Unless that person is someone you are also interested in, for instance another family member, then this will be of very limited value to you.
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