[WED]CHAPMAN and LEIGH

Thu, 28 Mar 2002 19:29:23 -0000

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Hello John,

Being suitably refreshed by three hours sleep, I rang the Somerset =
Record Office this afternoon, and they confirmed (as my kind =
Mr?Ms?Yescombe correspondent warned) that for safe keeping (!) =
Somerset's wills were sent down to Exeter in Devon during World War II.  =
There, ironically, the vast majority were destroyed in the bombing, =
while Taunton got through the war relatively unscathed.  I'm going to =
call into SRO anyway next week; some wills, apparently, had been =
previously transcribed, and I'm going to look through their catalogues, =
just on the off-chance that they may have some of family relevance.  I =
will bear my fellow researchers family data (that I know of) in mind as =
I search, but if I find any of your lost inheritances, I will expect a =
goodly share!

All the best,

Sue

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello John,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Being suitably refreshed by three hours =
sleep, I=20
rang the Somerset Record Office this afternoon, and they confirmed (as =
my kind=20
Mr?Ms?Yescombe correspondent warned) that for safe keeping (!) =
Somerset's wills=20
were sent down to Exeter in Devon during World War II.&nbsp; There, =
ironically,=20
the vast majority were destroyed in the bombing, while Taunton got =
through the=20
war relatively unscathed.&nbsp; I'm going to call into SRO anyway next =
week;=20
some wills, apparently, had been previously transcribed, and I'm going =
to look=20
through their catalogues, just on the off-chance that they may have some =
of=20
family relevance.&nbsp; I will bear my fellow researchers family data =
(that I=20
know of) in mind as I search, but if I find any of your lost =
inheritances, I=20
will expect a goodly share!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>All the best,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sue</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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