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The Wills of Our Ancestors : a Guide to Probate Records for Family and Local Historians by Stuart A. Raymond is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Wills of Our Ancestors : a Guide to Probate Records for Family and Local Historians about?
What 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? They 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 them. 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. They offer factual evidence that no genealogist or local historian can afford to ignore. In a series of concise, fact-filled chapters he 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 addition to covering probate records in England and Wales, he includes the Channel Islands, Ireland, the Isle of Man and Scotland. This introduction is aimed primarily
Who reads The Wills of Our Ancestors : a Guide to Probate Records for Family and Local Historians?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Stuart A. Raymond
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Family History
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781781594759
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Reference
