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Could someone give me an idiots guide of how to find/view a WILL of someone who died @1920 please?

Colin Read this: Wills and administrations Most wills name relatives- children, spouses, siblings and sometimes even more distant connections which can thus bind family trees together. It is not true that they were the preserve of the wealthy- many peasants' and poor tradesmen made them too. Until 1858, they were proved by the church in a network of its own courts, or by manorial lords and university colleges- the so-called 'peculiar courts'. The best guide is J. Gibson and E. Churchill's Probate jurisdictions, where to look for wills (FFHS, 5th edn, 2002). If someone did not leave a will you might find less detailed but still useful letters of administration- granting a relative the right to administer the deceased's estate. From 1858 wills were proved centrally at the Principal Probate Registry and can be searched at First Avenue House, 42-49 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6NP, 0207 7936 7000, www.courtservice.gov.uk/using_courts/wills_probate. Scottish wills and testaments are at the National Archives of Scotland and those for Ireland at the National Archives in Dublin and PRONI. Although many Irish wills were destroyed by IRA bombing, substantial collections have been made of abstracts. THIS INFO IS ON THE HOMEPAGE OF THIS WEBSITE BUT YOU HAVE TO SCROLL DOWN TO FIND IT. CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY GR INSIST ON BURYING THE TREASURE - I HAVE RAISED THIS WITH THEM SEVERAL TIMES. Sorry for shouting, but it is a pain. nell

Go to the probate office at the crown court they have some and they send for it charge £5