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From: "john burns" <>
Subject: Re: [WRY] Borthwick Institute and Looking for Wills
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 21:00:41 -0700
References: <BD8623CE.8D3%shewlett@comcast.net>


Sandi,
I can't find the Yorkshire wills at the Family History Library. Can you tell
me where you find it there please?
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra Hewlett, CGRS" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 6:46 PM
Subject: [WRY] Borthwick Institute and Looking for Wills


> Glenn--
>
> Are you aware that most Yorkshire wills and administrations up to 1858
were
> microfilmed and are available through the Family History Library? You can
> view the complete catalog of microfilmed Yorkhire wills at their website
> <www.familysearch.org> under the heading: England> York> Probate.
>
> If this collection covers the time period you are looking for, you can
order
> these films of the indexes and the wills, to be viewed at Family History
> Library locations near you in Boston, Weston and Cambridge. For a complete
> list of locations near Boston, check this URL:
>
>
>
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp?PAGE=library_fh
> c_find.asp
>
>
> Good luck!
>
> Sandi Hewlett
> Wayne, Pennsylvania
>
> > Hi, Sheffield, West Riding, Rotherham, and Dewsbury list folks,
> >
> > someone recently told me that the Borthwick Institute in York is
> > currently closed for renovations and that postal requests there to order
> > copies of old wills could not be made. Does anyone know if this is
> > true or not at the present time?
> >
> > If Borthwick is currently closed, does anyone know when they are slated
> > to reopen for business?
> >
> > If Borthwick is indeed open, or open again, does anyone know if there is
> > any way to hire a reputable researcher to look for wills and
> > administrations of Yorkshire folks of various surnames? Or is anyone
> > comfortable recommending a particular researcher?
> >
> > Thanks for any feedback you can relay. I very much appreciate it.
> >
> > --Glenn Trezza
> > Boston, MA, USA
> >
>
>
>


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