Is your ancestor's will available via the internet?
Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV) has made public the Wills and Probate records from 1841 to 1925.
Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV) has made public the Wills and Probate records from 1841 to 1925.
Listed below are the Wills of people who were recorded as being Clyde residents when they died. All are available on-line. There are more than 40 names listed on the PROV website
Wm S. Allars
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Richard A Fountain
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Charlotte Lineham
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Mary A.Stewart
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Peter Atkinson
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George Gates
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James Lineham
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John Stick
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George Bissett
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James Gates
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Thomas Lineham
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Catherine Talbot
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William B Brunt
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Embling Hardy
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Ernest Rickey
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William R Burnside
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John Henderson
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Anthony Ridgway
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George Thomas
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Eliza Cadd
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John A Hodges
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George Ridgway
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Hedley Thomas
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Thomas Cadd d.1887
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Isaac Hook
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Sophia Ridgway
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James Thornell
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Thomas Cadd d.1898
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Sarah J Ibison
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Richard Robins
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Margaret J Tucker
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Alfred E Cam
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Samuel J Ladd
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Annetta Smith
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Thomas Werrett
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James F Cromb
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Thomas McC Lighton
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Francis G. Smith
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Thomas H Williams
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Wills of other people who once lived in Clyde can be read on-line from the Public Records Office. Some of these include:
Ann Churchill
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Andrew Henderson
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William E Manks
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Benjamin Rossiter
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Colin C Cadd
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James Henderson
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Edward North
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John R Rutter
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Richard Feehan
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Alexander Kennedy
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Terrence O'Connor
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William Sykes
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Henry J Grayson
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Timothy Lynch
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Alexander Patterson
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Charles C Wadey
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These documents contain information about beneficiaries, family members, addresses, and possessions.
A longer list of "Clyde" names can be found on the Clyde History website
You can read the digitised versions of Wills from the (PROV ) Victorian Public Records Office.
Step 2. Select Online Index to Wills, Probate and Administrative Records
Step 3. In the Search boxes, to begin you could add Family Name or Residence.[Clyde] then click Search
Step 4. On the new page, under View order record, select the underlined numbers on the right hand side. eg VPRS 28/P33, unit 290 to see the page Item Details
Step 5. On the Item Details page, select View digitised Item. This will open up into a pdf version of a Will.
Can't find your ancestor's Will online?
- Your ancestor who once lived at Clyde may have died elsewhere or his/her death was registered as being in Cranbourne or Berwick.
- Your ancestor may have died after 1925. In this case you can read his/her Will at the PROV (Public Records Office Victoria) in North Melbourne.
The Public Records Office of Victoria provides the following information:-
Terminology
A will is the legal instrument that permits a person, the testator or testatrix, to make decisions on how their estate will be managed and distributed after death. The will usually names one or more persons, the executor or executrix, to carry out the wishes and directions in relation to the estate.
A person who dies leaving a will is referred as having died testate. If a person does not leave a will, or the will is declared invalid, the person will have died ‘intestate’, resulting in the distribution of the estate according to the legislation of the state in which the person resided.
Probate is the process of proving to the court the validity of a will. The grant of probate is the official document issued to the executor of the estate to pay all debts, collect any monies due and to distribute any remaining assets in accordance with the wishes of the deceased as expressed in the will.
Letters of administration are issued when a person dies without a valid will. This is the alternate grant to granting of probate. The grant is normally made to next-of-kin and the estate is distributed on the basis of a formula laid down by legislation.
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