Family will, where did the money go?

mrsyardbroom

RAS said:

I thought I posted but seem to have lost it.

The reference number is for more recent wills. For an older will or grants you need the name, DOB, date of grant, and registry. 

I have just double checked by adding a previously received will to my basket in "find will", and it succeeded for a will proved in 1959.

First have you scrolled down three paragraphs below the 0 results image you posted earlier?

If you are seeing a copy of the index page for your relative, you need to click the little "Click to Open Image and Order" link that's below "x document page(s) returned" and above the little image. The details you need should be in the brief index entry.

It's still asking for £1.50, and but I wasn't able to work through to the payment page.

One oddity by the way. 

If probate was granted after the year of death, you have to click on the right hand side to access the images for grants in the following years. EDIT, I have in some cases found grants many years after the death. 

I've tried exactly that a number of times and it just takes me back to the image. I click on the link to order the
document and complete the fields. This takes me back to the same page I was on before.

mrsyardbroom

Keep_pedalling said:

mrsyardbroom said:

I can't download a will or detailed probate record because the probate was granted before 1996.

When the documents were issued after 1st January 1996 they will show in the Digital Search Results, otherwise there is just a brief entry shown as an image.

I have obtained a copy of probate and the associated will for someone who died in the 1970’s from the probate office. 

It won't allow me to find a copy of the probate and order it. It just keeps showing me the following page. When I click on the link and complete the details it takes me back to the page that says there's 1 document page returned and Click to Open Image and order Document Form.

mrsyardbroom

A basket has suddenly appeared that says there's a document in it. Hopefully this will solve the problem. The site hasn't asked for any money.

RAS

It only asks for contact details and money at the very end, when you indicate your basket is full. You need to set up an account first. Password has to include UC, lc, number and symbol, more than 8 characters. 

You may find that record has removed itself from the basket, so in future try logging in first. 

Flugelhorn

I have a full will on my desk from 1899, downloaded from the government probate site - actually took over a week to arrive which is unusual - it dies work