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Old 18-10-20, 08:49
ElizabethHerts ElizabethHerts is offline
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Phoenix, I am a will addict!

I often transcribe 10 to 20 wills a week, mainly for my Cornwall OPC parish page. When I took it over, there were probably about 30 transcribed wills. I have managed to go from roughly 1726 to 1858 with just a couple of gaps. I'm working on the 1680s at present. By doing this, I also found a few extra ancestors for me.
https://www.opc-cornwall.org/Par_new...obus_wills.pdf


It is so satisfying when I transcribe a will and find an ancestor as witness, overseer or appraiser of the goods and writing the inventory. I'm slightly obsessive as I have made lots of trees for people of the parish and I'm linking them up.

I have transcribed many wills for my ancestors and OH's ancestors and I find it the most satisfying part of my research. Without them, I wouldn't have been able to take my branches back so far.

Phoenix, I hope you spend many happy hours perusing your wills.
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