Wills on Scotlands People

Post by **HeatherH** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:53 pm

Hello all,
I was wondering if there is a way to view or order a copy of a will found on the Scotlands People site . The information is as follows .

1 Johnstone James Barbour 01/04/1885 Rev., 2 Glebe Terrace, Dumfries, d. 27/01/1885 at 2 Glebe Terrace, testate Dumfries Sheriff Court SC15/41/20 No Image

Can I send a payment and request a copy of the above will?
Happy Hunting,
HeatherH

Post by **AndrewP** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:01 pm

Hi Heather,

Try contacting the National Archives of Scotland (NAS) for an answer to that one.

see http://www.nas.gov.uk/contact/default.asp

All thebest,

AndrewP

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:13 pm

Hi Heather

was wondering if there is a way to view or order a copy of a will found on the Scotlands People site . The information is as follows .

Do you mean a photocopy on paper? I'm maybe misunderstanding you here....apologies if I am. The wills are able to be viewed and are downloadable from the Scotland People site for payment of £5 with a credit or debit card. You can then print them out yourself.

Best wishes
Lesley

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:34 pm

LesleyB wrote:Hi Heather
was wondering if there is a way to view or order a copy of a will found on the Scotlands People site . The information is as follows .
Do you mean a photocopy on paper? I'm maybe misunderstanding you here....apologies if I am. The wills are able to be viewed and are downloadable from the Scotland People site for payment of £5 with a credit or debit card. You can then print them out yourself.

Best wishes
Lesley

Note that the £5 cost is regardless of the number of pages involved in the document, - in other words, whether the testamentary document found on ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk is 1 or 100 pages, the cost to view and download the document is just £5.-- .

Be aware, however, that these document copies are based on high quality colour scans, so that the average size of the image file is around 1Mb, - although, depending on the original document format, this can often cover two pages. In other words, if you only have a dial-up connection, perhaps it would be better to find a friend with a broadband connection

David

Post by **AndrewP** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:17 pm

Hi Heather,

In a change to my answer given above, SP seems to be faulty just now, giving "no image" messages where an image is known to exist.

See also viewtopic.php?t=6613&highlight=

Hopefully this will be resolved soon (over the weekend?). I expect somebody will reply to the other message to report success when the repair is made. Then have another try for the will you are seeking.

All the best,

AndrewP

Post by **HeatherH** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 10:27 pm

Thank you Lesley,Davie and Andrew. I'll have a look early in the week and see if it can be viewed and then ordered .
Happy Hunting,
HeatherH

Post by **AndrewP** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 10:28 pm

Hi Heather,

A fresh message on the other thread says that SP is back up and running again. May be worth another look now.

All the best,

AndrewP