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Help - WillsWills can be incredibly useful if proving family links and sometimes in establishing an earlier generation of a family.Only a minority of people left a Will (also known as 'Probate'). Where a person died leaving property or other form of estate and had not prepared a will, an Administration (often abbreviated to 'Admon') may have been prepared. If your ancestor died after 1858 their will or administration will be recorded in the National Probate Index (available on ancestry website, searchable by name). If your ancestor died before 1858, lived in Brentford and you think they left a will, then the courts to try are
findmypast website also includes Death Duty Registers 1796-1903, which may help by providing the name of the court your ancestor's will was proved at - in effect it acts as a centralised index. An entry should appear in the Death Duty Register if your ancestor left a will or administration which was subject to payment of a death duty, example of entry for John DALE, 1809. Published November 2010 |