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The Common Room / Re: Probate Orders (the last minute ones)
« on: Today at 11:50 »I have a couple still outstanding, and like cockney rebel it isn't a service I expect to use again in the future, given the new price.
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I have a couple still outstanding, and like cockney rebel it isn't a service I expect to use again in the future, given the new price.
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The Common Room / Re: Probate Orders (the last minute ones)
« on: Sunday 22 February 26 15:02 GMT (UK) »My notifications seem to turn up early morning - around 5 or 6am, and I got five of them this (Sunday) morning too.
Presumably it is their system picking a quiet time of day to automatically send out notifications rather than staff working hard that early on a Sunday morning.
I logged in this morning to download the latest offerings, no problem with either logging in or downloading. Perhaps they were doing some maintenance when you tried cockney rebel?
I still have a dozen or so wills I'm patiently waiting for. So long as they turn up eventually I'll be happy.
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The Common Room / Re: Probate Orders (the last minute ones)
« on: Tuesday 10 February 26 11:52 GMT (UK) »
There's a banner on the Find a will website giving notice of maintenance this evening -
I'm going to make sure I've downloaded all completed orders and taken up to date screenshots of the still pending order list... just in case the upgrade doesn't go as well as it should.
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Due to essential maintenance works,this site will be unavailable on Tuesday 10th February 2026, between the hours of 18:00 & 20:00 GMT. We apologise for any inconvenience this upgrade may cause
I'm going to make sure I've downloaded all completed orders and taken up to date screenshots of the still pending order list... just in case the upgrade doesn't go as well as it should.
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The Common Room / Re: Free Access to Find My Past Newspapers until 16th February
« on: Tuesday 10 February 26 09:35 GMT (UK) »Thanks Chris. Something useful for me to do while watching the rain pour down outside.
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The Common Room / Re: Probate Orders (the last minute ones)
« on: Friday 30 January 26 17:57 GMT (UK) »The trickle has become a flood! Six of my last minute wills delivered in the last 3 days.
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The Common Room / Re: abbreviations on a rail record - think I have answered it myself
« on: Friday 23 January 26 15:03 GMT (UK) »"Pcl" is railway-speak for parcel - but I don't think a parcel cart would have a guard. Guards would travel on trains with responsibility for safety of the train. As a responsible person (likely having taken years of service to gain that promotion) I'd doubt they would double up as someone dealing with parcel carts.
So I'd be open to what looks like 'cart' actually being something else (maybe initials?) relating to a train of some parcel carrying type.
What was his occupation on the 1891/1901/1911 census? You'd expect to see some kind of progression from a junior position through to a senior role.
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The Common Room / Re: Deceased Online website information please. COMPLETED THANKYOU.
« on: Monday 19 January 26 09:52 GMT (UK) »If you have an Ancestry subscription they have some scanned cremation registers which will give you a rough idea what might be contained in the images held by Deceased Online.
E.g. try searching "Great Yarmouth" in the "England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2024" record set. There are cremation records in addition to the ones for burials in the corporation cemetery.
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The Common Room / Re: Probate Orders (the last minute ones)
« on: Monday 19 January 26 09:43 GMT (UK) »I just got another one - over two months since ordering, and over a month since the last one was delivered.
So glad to know they haven't forgotten about me.
As time is marching on I've taken fresh screenshots of the pending order pages - just in case there is a system glitch which 'forgets' uncompleted orders after they've been pending too long. At the current rate I think my last order might be delivered some time in 2028.
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The Common Room / Re: Probate Orders (the last minute ones)
« on: Monday 12 January 26 09:37 GMT (UK) »I ordered about 70. 10 or so were available immediately (previously scanned) and since then I've had a further five, the last one in the middle of December.
I guess they are still quite busy.