Genealogy Chat

Well , i'll just have to be patient .
had the post this afternoon , no will ..
but got my gas bill ..lol


Chris, yes i remember that i think i waited for about 5 weeks ..
for my grandmothers marriage cert .
Hazelx

Kathleen

I remember it well....

6 weeks wait for a marriage certificate from the GRO thanks to the first series of WDYTYA :-)

Chris

I have just spoken to York Probate Sub-Registry after trying most of the morning to get through. They said they try to send out wills within 3 weeks but they are very busy and it is taking about a month.

They said they were sending out a large batch today so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

I think they are in the same position as the GRO were a few years ago when "Who Do You Think You Are?" became popular and lots of extra people started tracing their ancestors and ordering certificates. I think the GRO had to take on extra staff at the time. Hopefully the Probate Registry will do the same.

Kath. x

will do lady cutie. think I might have to start stalking the postie lol

I ordered 3 from York and the cheques cleared through my bank on 25th Aug. I am waiting in anticipation to see who got the money!!

Hope people will report back when they receive the wills, particularly Kath, who seems to be a week ahead of me.

Elisabeth x

WOW Peter,
that was a speedy service lol
most of my family come from london so i thought
that if i sent to the london probate office i might get it a bit quicker ..
But it looks like i'm going to have to wait .


Kathleen you have been waiting much longer than me .
But your probably right about them being busy so fingers crossed
we wont have to wait too long

Stinkermurdock,
let us know when you get it ..

Hazelx

Hazel,

I had a will back by return of post from the Birmingham Probate Office, before they had time to clear the cheque. Very impressive service.

Peter

I'm glad Hazel asked this. I ordered three wills on 12th August and asked at the bank on Monday if the cheque had been cashed. It was cashed on 19th August and I am still waiting. However I think I remember seeing on these boards a long time ago that it can take up to about 6 weeks and I expect they have got busier since Ancestry put the Probate Calendar on their website.

Kath. x

Thank you everyone ,
so i will have to be patient then lol
Hazelx

I sent for 2 wills a few weeks ago. Money came out of account on 26th August. According to the site, when I ordered them they try to send them out within 21 days. My 21 days is up tomorrow, so fingers crossed. lol

I don't know how long that office normally takes but it's much better to apply to one of the smaller Probate Offices - they're much quicker!

I'm not too sure about this as I am not talking from experience however, if it took 10 days for the application to arrive and be processed then perhaps this is the kind of time period you could be looking at for it to arrive.

Just a thought?

Janette :)

I sent off for a will to london on the 23rd August ..
on the 2nd of Sept the cheque was cashed but i still havent recieved the will .
does anyone know how long it takes to come through .
I found on Ancestry that an great uncle had left a will .
Thanks
Hazelx
Edit.. i will look in later visitors have arrived ..thanks