Genealogy Chat

....but it's all the names, dates, properties etc in the depositions that help me!

awful to think that a husband could just decide his wife's property should go to his (fairly distant) heir and she'd have nothing to say about it and get only the life estate, rather than the inheritance going back to her own family

not that her third husband's son really had any more of a fair claim to it!

Links to the documents arrived on 5th Jan so pretty good service. Cost GBP106! I have printed out 7 of the documents on A2 and can just read them, so the originals would be A1 size or even larger. The smaller ones are just oaths and appointments. Of the 7 large ones, one has the complaint on it; another has a list of questions for witnesses and the rest are witness statements.... Esentially about 1670 Elizabeth Ferrier Married John Williams and brought land with her which was her portion of her fathers estate. On his death he willed his property to a cousin and Elizabeth kept a lifetime interest in the estate. She then remarried a Reynold Evans and after his death married again to Richard Williams. No children and she died in 1738 aged 98. The heir of the cousin mentioned above is suing Richard Williams son by his first marriage for the return of the property.....it is going to take me some time to get my head round this lot.
Peter

Looks like 8 x A2 pages and 3xA3. They are going to scan so I can download them....15 working days so I have to wait. Will update thread when I get them.

Sounds as if there quite a few pages in your ordered files!

I still have my cc slip from the NA Record Copying Department 01Jul2009
2 x high resolution images, blank cd and postage = £28:30

I simply walked my FP package to the counter. But for you there is likely a charge for the time for someone to have located your data and calculated the copying/scanning cost. Also, if you are going to be sent a cd then overseas postage will cost more.

When you finally receive your data perhaps you would share your comments on value received? Such as number of pages, quality of images, etc.

Thanks for advice, I have now ordered scans from Archives (at a cost of
GBP 106.50)

I'm actually a regular visitor to Kew. Can't imagine anyone would look at a Chancery document for free for you and I think half an hour is optimistic - I assume you've never looked at a Chancery document?

Hope the person you've contacted will mange the precis relatively easily - It took me ages to work out what was written in a 1803 Will and that was only one page.

Thanks - I have asked for a quote. From my own experience in NZ archives, once the document is found I would estimate about 30 minutes to precis what I need from it. I think I have found someone outside this site to do it for me.

You are all quite right.

The time taken to travel quite small distances in the UK is forgotten by those of us who emigrated, and is not understood by those who have never lived in the UK


We think nothing of driving 30 or 50 km to visit a friend, do some shopping, or whatever here ............... it takes less than 30 minutes, on good wide roads. Using the bus is problematic!

I can remember that a shopping trip to Manchester needed almost a full day when travelling by bus.......... and that was only about 10 miles on a direct route, no transfers needed! We certainly never popped up to London "for the day".

nameslessone, that's my thoughts as well.

No regular board user is known to pop-in to Kew. Those who have mentioned it refer to a day out.

Unless people live on the door-step, the cost and time of travel (avoiding rush hour if possible) precludes volunteers for a 'big' job.
England may be a small country, but the cost of public transport is high & roads are crowded. It takes time to get anywhere within London. Unless you are fortunate enough to live on a direct route, to get to A you have to go via B and possible C. Our relatives visiting from NZ were really surprised how large London was, and they were English emmigrants!

Do ask what the cost for copying it would be, then decide. There would be no commitment from you at the enquiry stage + they could probably do a better job than we could.

Don't forget that there are time issues with this as well - you can't just pop in and get it all done in 5 minutes.

You order the document, you wait, if it is available you study the document, then you either wait for the staff to copy it for you or take it to a special area to do it yourself.

Whenever I go to Kew I have a long list of things to find, otherwise it is not worth the expense - I'm not sure I would have the time to do a big job for someone else.

(I'm not going any time soon)

Unless living close to Kew, a visit would take up much of a day.

My visit for the Family Pedigree chart was in 2009. I have only been there on one other occasion and that was in 2007. I suspect that only a few of the GR folk who are prepared to help others have ever been there. Especially those who, like you, are not in the UK. And of those that have been there, I suspect that visits are not on a regular basis.

You have not commented on DET's suggestion about getting a quote?

Have you contacted them?

https://apps.nationalarchives.gov.uk/recordcopying/

doesn't look like it!!

it is the worst time of year, of course

nudging in the hope that someone is going to Kew

Getting a quote is a good suggestion. Especially as the references are known - meaning that no 'research' is involved.

What is not known without actually handling the records is their size. Both physical size (certainly not A4!!!) and quantity of pages.

Could you ask Kew for a quote to copy and send it?
If Inky1 had his record saved to disc, that might be an alternative option.

Peter, might be a good idea to nudge this thread up regularly - it will soon disappear from the first page, so might not be seen by somebody who could help. To nudge it up, just type something in the reply box and submit it.

Thank you, now I need to know what's in it more than ever!!!!!