RootsChat.Com
General => The Common Room => Topic started by: cockney rebel on Sunday 09 November 25 15:51 GMT (UK)
-
Hi
I'm plodding through my family records, deciding which probate copies to purchase in this last minute rush ( just a week to go!)
For several (well, 5 I would guess) there is more than one entry, ie the probate was proven again, in one case 30 years later.
a) Why does this happen?
b) Do I need to order both copies of the probate or would the later one include the earlier one as well ?
Thanks
Rebel
-
Hi,
In the cases that I am aware of it is because some other property has been found.
Again with the ones I have looked at it is a variation, so you need both parts, but it may depend on where we are talking about.
Part of the fascination of genealogy.
-
My experience is not quite the same as David's. Usually the second grant reflects a re-evaluation of the estate rather than anything else. The first probate and will provides you with all the information likely to be of genealogical value - names of legatees, identification of family members, addresses, details of bequests etc, whereas the second grant is just likely to record the increased value of the estate, and probably won't come with a second copy of the same will, the text of which will not have changed. In fact, with one will of this type I'm thinking of, the second grant was just the same sheet showing the first grant with a handwritten amendment of the value overwritten on the page and a new date. Definitely not worth £1.50, let alone £16.
-
Just realised the rush. The cheap as chips price is going up to £16 from mid November.
-
Thanks for your answers it's a little clearer now.
I shall order then the earliest version of Probate and trust that I am not missing anything dramatically exciting in the later ones.
But you just never know.....!
Thanks for the help
Rebel