Uk Wills online has anyone ordered any?

[plimmerian]

3 of the 5 wills ordered have arrived - they are not wills just letters - waste of money!

waiting to see if the other two are wills - not hopeful.

and still no email to say they were ready to view!

 

[rosie99]

Were they described as 'Adminstration '   or 'Probate'

[dawnsh]

Also posted in reply to plimmerian's other comment

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=709603.msg5533496#msg5533496

A note of caution (and this might be what happened to plimmerian)

If the calendar says that the entry is for a Letter of Adminsitration, there is little point in paying for a copy of the grant as very little extra information will be given (the address of the personal representative) from what the calendar says.

A letter oif Administration is granted where there is no will.

All you'll get for £10 for a Letter of Administration is an A4 document which shows the name of the deceased, their date of death, confirmation they died intestate, the value of the estate and who the personal representative is.

Only apply for a copy of you see the word "probate"

[rosie99]

Thank you Dawnsh for clarifying that, it is what I suspected may have happened

Rosie

[Jebber]

3 of the 5 wills ordered have arrived - they are not wills just letters - waste of money!

waiting to see if the other two are wills - not hopeful.

and still no email to say they were ready to view!

 

It should be noted that soldiers wills are likely to be very brief, much as described in the quote.

[plimmerian]

I've just logged in again to wills online and the two outstanding wills were there waiting to be downloaded (still no email to notify me and nothing in my junk folder) - yipee they are wills!

(none of them were soldiers though)

A valuable lesson - don't fall into the trap lol
 

[rosie99]

Were the other three administrations 

[plimmerian]

hi Rosie - yes they were!
 

[rosie99]

That is a shame, still at least you now have them all.   

I sometimes think that the very old wills make more interesting reading than  recent ones especially when they are leaving furniture/linen/clothing/farm inplements/cattle etc.