Long delay on Wills

[jo1962]

Hi all,
I applied to York on the 23rd August for 3 wills. The cheque cleared in my account on the 2nd September but they still haven't arrived.  Is it normal to wait this amount of time? Anybody else got the same problem?
Cheers

[stanmapstone]

I think it takes about six weeks.

Stan

[elin]

Hi there,

I am having a similar wait for mine, the cheque cleared weeks ago.  They probably have a huge quantity of them to process.

Elin

[nanny jan]

Hi,

When I queried a delay I was told to allow 21 "working" days from receipt of cheque.  The last one I ordered took exactly that!


Nanny Jan

[Barbara F]

Hi Jo

I ordered some on 15th August.  Most of them arrived on Monday this week.  Still waiting for one though.

The wills were posted from the Birmingham District Probate Registry so it looks like York is farming out the workload.

Barbara

[LizzieW]

I ordered a will on 18 August.  I went away for a week on Sunday 19 August and it was on the doormat when I got back.  So well over the 21 days they specify on their site.  I think it is due to Ancestry putting the index of wills on their site, because last time I sent for a will, a couple of years ago, I got it within a few days.

Lizzie

[Matt R]

I e-mailed  the Probate Registry in York last Friday and they apologised for the wait (I ordered one on August 28). Understandably there is a considerable backlog or orders due to the Probate Calendars being released on ancestry. When they e-mailed me back they said they were currently working on processing orders from August 16th.

So I may have to wait another fortnight for mine. But they do genuinely seem to be holding a lot of weight at the moment.

Matt

[LizzieW]

When they e-mailed me back they said they were currently working on processing orders from August 16th.

Looks like I was lucky that my order of 18 August has already been delivered.  Maybe it was because it was a fairly modern  will - well 1908.

Lizzie

[angelfish58]

Yes, I'm still waiting for mine, cheque dated 20 Aug and cashed 2nd Sept, I also ordered some from the Borthwick Institute at the same time and they haven't arrived either (cheque cashed 23rd Sept), I'm guessing from Reayboys post I'll just have to be patient.