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Can anyone help with Leeds wills?

Perhaps you should duplicate this thread under the Family History section.Leeds wills would have been placed in one of two places,under the auspices of York or Canterbury,mainly under that of York.Heres a link to the Borthwick institute in York,regarding Probate Records and Wills for York,however ther is no searchable data base online.http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/bihr/guidele ... nd.pdfThis is a link to British Origins which has the Index fro Wills held at the Borthwick institute in York,unfortunately its not free to searchhttp://www.britishorigins.com/You will however have to order the will from the Borthwick,so its a bit of a bind,however the wills for Canterbury are much easier to search and order (typocal southerners,get all the perks!)This is a link to the National Archives at Kew,this is a bit of info about what you can be looking for ,regards wills proved at Canterbury.http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/docu ... aspLuckily this link enables you to search (free of charge) the database of wills for Canterbury,so put in the relevant details and if theyve got it you can down load the will for £3.50,not bad really.Though the majority of Northern wills wee proved at York,there are SOME proved at Canterbury,so its worth searching Canterbury wills first,free of charge,and then at least you know that any wills are not there.Then you can,if necessary,look at York and start shelling out your hard earned readies.Dont forget though,therer may be NO will at all.Please take time to read the info on both these sites,it gives a good insight in to how wills were administered,and will save you going round the houses on a wild goose chase.

Hi cnosniThanks for that info...I have already sent to York for copies of 2 wills but just wondered if there was anywhere to check on line first.By the way cnosni, I posted a reply on my 'leeds library look ups'thread about some information you found for me. I would be grateful if you would have a look at my reply and let me know the answer.ThanksBrenda

pyghtle wrote: Hi cnosniThanks for that info...I have already sent to York for copies of 2 wills but just wondered if there was anywhere to check on line first.By the way cnosni, I posted a reply on my 'leeds library look ups'thread about some information you found for me. I would be grateful if you would have a look at my reply and let me know the answer.ThanksBrenda Hi Brenda ,looks like the thread has gone now,what was the answer?

cnosni wrote: pyghtle wrote: Hi cnosniThanks for that info...I have already sent to York for copies of 2 wills but just wondered if there was anywhere to check on line first.By the way cnosni, I posted a reply on my 'leeds library look ups'thread about some information you found for me. I would be grateful if you would have a look at my reply and let me know the answer.ThanksBrenda Hi Brenda ,looks like the thread has gone now,what was the answer? Is this it?http://www.secretleeds.co.uk/forum/Mess ... eadID=1003

cnosni wrote: pyghtle wrote: Hi cnosniThanks for that info...I have already sent to York for copies of 2 wills but just wondered if there was anywhere to check on line first.By the way cnosni, I posted a reply on my 'leeds library look ups'thread about some information you found for me. I would be grateful if you would have a look at my reply and let me know the answer.ThanksBrenda Hi Brenda ,looks like the thread has gone now,what was the answer? 42

    CnosniYes that is the right threadhttp://www.secretleeds.co.uk/forum/Messages.as ... dID=1003It looks as though it is still thereLEEDS CITY LIBRARY LOOK UP is the thread title.

simonm wrote: cnosni wrote: pyghtle wrote: Hi cnosniThanks for that info...I have already sent to York for copies of 2 wills but just wondered if there was anywhere to check on line first.By the way cnosni, I posted a reply on my 'leeds library look ups'thread about some information you found for me. I would be grateful if you would have a look at my reply and let me know the answer.ThanksBrenda Hi Brenda ,looks like the thread has gone now,what was the answer? 42 Simon, you do realise this could lead to another dot com boom like thread don't you?

chameleon wrote: simonm wrote: cnosni wrote: pyghtle wrote: Hi cnosniThanks for that info...I have already sent to York for copies of 2 wills but just wondered if there was anywhere to check on line first.By the way cnosni, I posted a reply on my 'leeds library look ups'thread about some information you found for me. I would be grateful if you would have a look at my reply and let me know the answer.ThanksBrenda Hi Brenda ,looks like the thread has gone now,what was the answer? 42 Simon, you do realise this could lead to another dot com boom like thread don't you? It would never happen. Every poster on SL has a cracking sense of humour... Don't they?

What have I started here??The thread is under 'family history'