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“Almost every book on English research highlights the need to examine the wills of our ancestors.... [this book] gives us an easy to read detailed guide.” —FGS ForumWhat are wills, and how can they be used for family and local history research? How can you interpret them and get as much insight from them as possible? Wills are key documents for exploring the lives of our ancestors, their circumstances, and the world they knew. This practical handbook is the essential guide to understanding wills.Wills expert Stuart Raymond traces the history and purpose of probate records and guides readers through the many pitfalls and possibilities these fascinating documents present. He describes the process of probate, gives a detailed account of the content of the various different types of record, and advises readers on how they can be used to throw light into the past, offering factual evidence that no genealogist or local historian can afford to ignore.In a series of concise, fact-filled chapters, Raymond explains how wills came into being, who made them and how they were made, how the probate system operates, how wills and inventories can be found, and how much can be learned from them. In

Author

Stuart A. Raymond

Publisher

Pen & Sword Family History

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781783374328

Subjects

History, Reference, Humanities