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wills at Bank of England
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Elaine | Report | 21 Apr 2007 15:53 |
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Hi everyone, Can anyone tell me why some wills are kept at The Bank of England?. Elaine |
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Elaine | Report | 21 Apr 2007 16:22 |
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Thanks for that Heather,what an idiot I am I totally overlooked googling |
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Heather | Report | 21 Apr 2007 16:22 |
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The wonders of a google search: What are the Bank of England Wills Extracts? The Bank of England Will Extracts contain extracts of wills of those who died with monies in public funds, as well as abstracts of orders made for stockholders who went bankrupt or were declared lunatic. The monetary value of many of the stockholdings is often quite low. Investment in government funds was seen by many as an ideal vehicle for providing for their old age and as a repository for surplus earnings. This was particularly true of Londoners, immigrants and religious minorities although the stockholders, or fundholders as they used to be called, appear to come from every part of the British Isles and the Colonies. There are also several hundred Dutch fundholders. The index is a finding aid to the original entries and not a source in itself but hard copies of extracts found via the index can be ordered online. The registers from which this index was compiled were presented to the Society of Genealogists by the Bank of England in 1985. The registers are one of the most valuable sources for Georgian biographical and genealogical information to have become available in recent years. |
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Heather | Report | 21 Apr 2007 16:30 |
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Im glad you didnt! It was news to me too. Unfortunately the free search of the index on British Origins is coming up error. |
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