UK Find-a-Will charges

[CarolA3]

Here's the order form on the official gov.uk website:

[CarolA3]

And here's a link to the 'Folio help':  https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Information/CalendarInfo?title=Folio&surname=smith&year=1900&page=10

Hope that helps.

Carol

[CarolA3]

I don't think there's any 'funny business' going on.  Repeat the search I did a few minutes ago on the proper website (i.e. not Ancestry) for surname SMITH, year 1900.  Go to page 10 - a typical page chosen by me at random.

All the entries with folio numbers next to them are London cases; but not all London cases have folio numbers.  Starting at the seventh entry, there are three Elizabeths in succession, all dealt with at the London registry.  First and third have numbers, but second one doesn't.  Why?  I have no idea.  But if a number is there, then it must appear on your order as I said previously.

Use the gov.uk site and you can't go wrong

Carol

[ele002]

Had to laugh Carole....you say no funny business going on. Not much business, full stop.

On a serious note I received my first order made 24 July on 2 October. My second order for 3 made 8 days later started turning up yesterday (20 days later), then another today. Don't appear to be catching up with the backlog.

Also, my first order had the will missing and I e-mailed them next day. Had a reply today to say they would send me the full Will. That's taken them 20 days. Watch this space!

[StevieSteve]

I'll hazard a guess that the Folio numbers relate to the Death Duty Registers. It would be strengthened if they're not seen after 1903.

[smudwhisk]

Well I finally received a response to the contact form submitted on 3 Oct about the missing pages in the Will today, so they appear to have a 20 day delay in answering such messages.

[melba_schmelba]

Here's the order form on the official gov.uk website:

Carol, my point was, many people are just going to go straight from Ancestry to the probate site, thinking they do not have to search and scroll through 10+ pages to get the details as they already have them. As there is no folio number on the Ancestry copy, they think there is not one. And ancestry's instructions do not say anything about their copy lacking these folio numbers.
  You could be on to something about the connection to the London probate court, all those I've seen so far are probated in London (but not all London probates have folio numbers ).

[melba_schmelba]

I'll hazard a guess that the Folio numbers relate to the Death Duty Registers. It would be strengthened if they're not seen after 1903.

No, some as late as 1922 here.

[lmfamilyresearch]

Yesterday I received the final two wills of the five I had ordered on July 27th.  Took just under 13 weeks for the full request to be delivered.  I'm just glad to have them.