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Posted by Sunny Clouds (U14258963) on Friday, 22nd February 2013
A friend of mine showed me how to look up family history online and demonstrated by showing me someone's probate entry from half a century ago.
It showed two addresses and a sum of money.
Would the amount of money shown include the value of their two houses or would it be on top of the value of the houses?
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Posted by one who posted here once (U4064841) on Friday, 22nd February 2013
Hi Sunny, my interest in family history has waned and sorry I can't answer your question, but am interested in the answer!
Total value including houses, I'm almost certain.
What a pity!
(Money in the family.)
Actually, the more I read of this stuff, the more fun it is. I'd forgotten just how much inflation we've had in the last few decades. What seems like a piddling sum now, adjusted for inflation, seems like a fortune, but I've only looked at how wages have changed, not how house prices have changed.
Mind you, what's even more fun for me is that since I posted my question, I've had a chat with another relative and stopped to wonder what was in whose name, possibly to avoid tax. There were definitely other houses floating around. I wonder how easy it is to find out when a house changed hands years ago.
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Posted by one who posted here once (U4064841) on Friday, 22nd February 2013
How do you look up ancient probate records?
One of my gt. grandfathers (I think) was supposed to have been wealthy, but I don'tthink he left it to my grandfather!
I don't know about ancient ones. Recent ones you can get either by sending a form off and paying a fee for a copy of a particular entry. I don't know how far back you can get them that way. You can also get them from family history websites. My friend belongs to Ancestry.co.uk and got the info for me there last night. I don't know what other sites do it and I'm not a member myself.
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Posted by one who posted here once (U4064841) on Friday, 22nd February 2013
Thanks sunny. I believe Ancestry used to have a free 3 month trial. Maybe they still do.
I used to get engrossed in researching one branch of the family. It was easy in that the name was very uncommon. I haven't tried looking up the more frequently seen surnames.
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Posted by Mabel Bagshawe (U2222589) on Friday, 22nd February 2013
Many local libraries have Ancestry subs their users can use. There are also messagebaords around with helpful people who will do look ups for you (within copyright restrictions). I used to be a member of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ one - guess what happened to that!
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