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Subject: Re: [DUR-NBL] Re: Durham University Wills in Special Collections
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 21:07:54 -0400
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Michael,

A little over a year ago, I ordered and received .the will and inventory of
my gggggg grandfather, William Nicholson, from Special Collections at Durham
University. He died in 1691 in Berwick-upon-Tweed. The people there were
wonderful. I corresponded with them by email. There was a minimal fee of
just a few pounds sterling. However, they don't take credit cards. For
those of us in the US not close to a big city this is a problem. It would
cost me US $40 to get a bank check in pounds sterling through my local bank
in the equivalent of about US $6 for the fee. Of course, I could have sent
them cash if I could change dollars into pounds locally. But, this is not
possible in the US except in major cities. For, me it would have been a 5
hour drive each way to Boston to get a few pound notes. However, the folks
at Durham University were wonderful. I told them that I would be attending
a conference a month later and, at that time, would pass through an
international airport where I could change currencies. They replied that
they had copied the will and inventory and put them in the mail. They asked
only that I send them the pound notes when I could get them a month later.
Which I did. I received the will and inventory about two weeks before
leaving for the trip and the chance to exchange currencies. I was very
impressed and very grateful.

I did not save the email address but you can find it on the Durham
University web homepage which should not be too difficult to find.

Good Luck!

Bruce

Bruce L. Nicholson, Ph.D., Professor
Dept. of Bicohemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology
University of Maine
Orono, ME 044t69
Tel: 207-581-2800
Fax: 207-581-2801
Email:
Personal Webpage: www.geocities.com/brucelnicholson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Wardell" <>
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Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 2:56 PM
Subject: [DUR-NBL] Re: Durham University Wills in Special Collections


> Please tell me if it is still possible to order copies of wills by email
> from The Special Collections section of Durham University Library on
Palace
> Green.
> Michael
> Researching VIPOND and WARDELL among others
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