Ancestry- new records ?

[LizzieW]

I can see what I'll be doing tomorrow - already found another 3 x g.grandfather.  Odd that the wives don't seem to leave wills.  I assume if the husband's will states everything to his wife and then on her death everything to be split between children, that means there is no need for the wife to make a will.

[mike175]

Are the scans available for all the wills? If so I might just have to renew my expired subscrciption a bit sooner than planned . . . there seem to be quite a few relating to my family.

Mike.

[nigelp]

Are the scans available for all the wills? If so I might just have to renew my expired subscrciption a bit sooner than planned . . . there seem to be quite a few relating to my family.

Mike.

It's only the calendars (index) of wills for 1861 - 1941 that are scanned - not the actual wills.

Nigel

[carol8353]

Are the scans available for all the wills? If so I might just have to renew my expired subscrciption a bit sooner than planned . . . there seem to be quite a few relating to my family.

Mike.

No Mike-it's just the indexes- but at least if you find someone you can now send off your fiver to York safe in the knowledge that there IS a will.

This 'big important thing that's due soon' is being discussed on Ancestry message board pages and some people reckon it'll be the enumerators pages to the 1911...which they've promised us for ages.

Carol

[mike175]

Thanks.  I thought it was too much to expect the actual wills to be there. Maybe I'll leave the subscription til the nights get longer.

Mike

[geniecolgan]

I found my grandfather's and grandmother's wills in the index.

Crafty, they were. I know they were worth a lot more than went to probate 

[Sloe Gin]

It's a bit more than "just an index" though  Many of the entries are packed with information.  Date and place of death, occupation, address; plus if it's another relative who was granted probate, there can be useful details there too.

[LizzieW]

Interestingly, my g.aunt's husband died in 1910 but there is no mention of a will or administration, which is odd as he was a retired businessman (wealthy enough to retire in his mid 30s).  I wonder if as my g.aunt was his 2nd wife he had already passed everything over to his children (his first wife died) as on the 1911 census, my g.aunt and her daughter (an adult too) were living in 3 rooms which included the kitchen.  Strange too, is the fact that I visited these two ladies when I was about 9 or 10 and my recollection is of them living in a large house in Roundhay Road, Leeds.

Lizzie

[andycand]

Interestingly, my g.aunt's husband died in 1910 but there is no mention of a will or administration, which is odd as he was a retired businessman (wealthy enough to retire in his mid 30s).  I wonder if as my g.aunt was his 2nd wife he had already passed everything over to his children (his first wife died) as on the 1911 census, my g.aunt and her daughter (an adult too) were living in 3 rooms which included the kitchen.  Strange too, is the fact that I visited these two ladies when I was about 9 or 10 and my recollection is of them living in a large house in Roundhay Road, Leeds.

Lizzie

Some years on Ancestry are missing, 1910 is one of them.

Missing volumes:

Our collection covers 80 years from 1861 to 1941. We currently do not have the books for the years 1858-1860 and there are some gaps for the years 1863, 1868, 1873, 1876, 1877, 1883, 1888, 1899-1903 and 1910-1911. However, we hope to add records for these years as soon as possible.

Andy