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Offline nanny jan

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Re: Have you received all your wills?
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 10 December 19 14:58 GMT (UK) »
Did it arrive as just one download or are there two.  I thought that the first one that I opened was incomplete then I noticed there were two items to 'click'

One download, just a missing page.......again.
Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



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Re: Have you received all your wills?
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 10 December 19 15:02 GMT (UK) »
I have now ordered the same will twice, and received the same message that some of the information is incorrect or missing.  On the second occasion I contacted them - 3 December 2019 - and received acknowledgement the same day with a hint of a response within the next 2 days, but not received.  I have contacted them again, detailing the order number, date of death, date of probate, probate office and added the page number from the index.  Should they require it I did a "snip" of my order and the image from the page. 

I may not hold my breath in anticipation of a response.  :)
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Re: Have you received all your wills?
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 10 December 19 15:29 GMT (UK) »
Hey  :D :D  I've just received a second slightly more detailed acknowledgement to today's question as to why they are unable to find the will.

Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
Remember - "They'll be found when they want to be found" !!!
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Re: Have you received all your wills?
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 10 December 19 17:29 GMT (UK) »
I've just received my last will which was ordered in July yay  :D


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Re: Have you received all your wills?
« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 10 December 19 17:36 GMT (UK) »
I may have found a back-stop, although it will cost me £10.  :)

I think that Wakefield Archives may have a copy of the will  :-\  If the will in question was not for a direct ancestor then I wouldn't bother, but this is my 2x great grandfather and I'd like to have it.

Transcriptions and NBI are merely finding aids.  They are NOT a substitute for original record entries.
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Re: Have you received all your wills?
« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 10 December 19 20:21 GMT (UK) »
I ordered one (for a post-2000 death) on Sunday evening and got an estimated delivery of today. It just arrived. I can't complain.

It confirms some guesses and gives some new leads to follow up.

I assume the more recent ones are already digitised and can be processed more rapidly. Two days is still pretty impressive though.

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Re: Have you received all your wills?
« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 10 December 19 23:34 GMT (UK) »
Coming up to 2 months waiting for my order now.

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Re: Have you received all your wills?
« Reply #16 on: Wednesday 11 December 19 08:33 GMT (UK) »
I assume the more recent ones are already digitised and can be processed more rapidly. Two days is still pretty impressive though.

I ordered 3 recent wills on the 3rd and they arrived on the 5th as promised, I think you right and that they are just easier to process
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Re: Have you received all your wills?
« Reply #17 on: Wednesday 11 December 19 13:22 GMT (UK) »
I ordered one (for a post-2000 death) on Sunday evening and got an estimated delivery of today. It just arrived. I can't complain.

It confirms some guesses and gives some new leads to follow up.

I assume the more recent ones are already digitised and can be processed more rapidly. Two days is still pretty impressive though.

My 2 month in transit one was also recent, circa 2004. I guess the  new orders are getting bumped to top of the pile!