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James Walter Barraclough

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Jackie

Jackie Report 1 Oct 2013 07:59

Where can I find a copy of a will for J W Barraclough? He was born in 1917 and died in 1997 in a nursing home in Torbay.

Penny

Penny Report 1 Oct 2013 08:55

Do you know he left a will?

http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/probate/copies-of-grants-wills

Jackie

Jackie Report 1 Oct 2013 09:07

I know he left a will as I have seen a copy in the past

Jackie

Jackie Report 1 Oct 2013 09:10

I had a feeling that the Ancestry site had a section on wills but have been unable to find it

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 1 Oct 2013 10:41

Unless the Will went to Probate, you will not be able to obtain a copy.

And Ancestry do not have records as recent as 1997.......................they currently hold the Probate Calendars for 1858-1966

Apply to the Probate Office, giving as much detail as you know..................you will have to enclose payment of (I think) £6.00, which will not be refunded if no Will is found, and you will not be notified.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 1 Oct 2013 11:35

If he had a small Estate, and his wife was the sole heir, the Will may not appear on the Probate Calendar.

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Jackie

Jackie Report 1 Oct 2013 11:35

Thanks to you all for your help

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 1 Oct 2013 11:42

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/living_relatives/thread/1332251

............on which info about probate records on Ancestry was given

Jackie

Jackie Report 1 Oct 2013 13:06

I thought it was wills and probate that I found the will but if the records stop at 1966 I obviously didn't!! It is bugging me because I looked up 3 at the same time and recorded them but my computer time at the library was up and I didn't record the last one.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 25 Oct 2013 17:11

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/living_relatives/thread/1333235