It will be printed off, as it is on microfilm at Ipswich Archives and they will photocopy it for me at £1 per page onto A4, or £1.50 per page onto A3, which is what they recommend to make it easier to read. Of course, if it is on A3, I'm not sure I'd be able to scan it onto the computer, which is where it would need to be for me to ask for Rootschatters help.
Strange you should say that about blue colour plastic dizziebee, as I had a pdf typed list of dates sent to me yesterday which weren't particularly clear (nothing to do with family history) and I accidentally clicked something and the page turned blue and was much easier to read.
I already know the gist of some of what is in the will, which is why I want to know the full contents.
There are many references to my ancestors of the period 1500-1700 shown on National Archives, but I'm sure most of the documents would be in Latin, so I think I'll have to ignore those on the grounds that a) I couldn't afford to purchase all the documents and b) I wouldn't be able to understand them.
I do know of other wills that might be of interest to me but they are not listed on TNA, so goodness knows where they are. As I have full translations of most of them, I'm not too worried about that, although it would be nice to see the originals (or photocopies of them).
There are other ancestors who ought to have made wills, which are not listed on TNA, so I'll have to hunt them down next. For instance one of the grandson's of the man who has the 25 page will, was left a cottage and lands in his grandfather's will, so surely he would have left a will. He was my direct ancestor and I'd like to know if his 8th child, my direct ancestor was left anything. It could be, of course, that this was the time the lands, buildings and money went to the first son, with the result that my direct ancestors became poorer and poorer, with my 2 x g.grandfather being a labourer until he died aged 77 and his wife a charwoman.
Lizzie
