Hello,
I have been lucky enough to find a will (Gr,Gr,Gr,Gr Grandfather from 1832). Probably contains LOTS of interesting information............only trouble is I can't read it..........beautiful even handwriting, but really difficult to understand. Eight very full pages of it!!!!!!!

I live in Australia. Can anyone put me on track as to how I might be able to get it "transcribed" and how much it might cost to do so please?

Thank you in anticipation

Regards Fay. M.

Hi,
I put 'Old will translation' in Google and there is info.there.

Regards

Sandra

Hello Fay,

If you haven't already got someone in mind to transcribe the document for you, could you scan a small part of it and post the image on here please? If I can read it, I'd be interested in transcribing it for you - favourable rates!

Christine

Hello Christine,

Thankyou for taking the time to help me with my project. Please find a copy of the first page attached to this message. I am trying to have a go at it myself, it can only be a learning curve!!!! Really excited about finding out more about the family.

On looking at the will more closely the first page (except for a small section at the bottom) is not my relative, so there will be only 7 pages in total.

It is John Burgon & family I am interested in. I will attach the 2nd page not the 1st.

Fay. M.

It looks tricky, but not impossible - you just need to get your eye in, so to speak! Good luck with it, and like you say, it's a good learning activity. If you do need some help, keep asking. :-)

Christine

Hi Christine,

Can I ask what you would charge to transcribe 7 pages (same as the one I attached) please. An approx. amount will do, then I can make a descision abt whether I want the headache or whether I want to "hand-pass" it to some-one else.

Fay.M.

I did it! (transcribing the 8 page will from 1832) You were so right about "getting my eye in" The first page was quite a struggle, but as I got used to it the whole thing got easier. The BEST info I got which helped enormously was to scan it into Adobe Reader and magnify it. So, for all you budding "will readers" out there, I hope that helps.

Mind you mine was all in English (not latin etc) I am so glad that you didn't do it for me, I had a great sense of accomplishment when I finished. I must admit though it stayed in the "too hard" basket for quite a long while

Cheers Fay

Hi Fay,

I must apologise as I didn't see your earlier post asking me what I might charge - can't think why I missed it being as it was only sent a little while after I posted my last reply! Anyway, in the end, like you I'm glad I didn't do it for you - there's nothing like being able to gradually see what it means all by yourself. Well done! :-)

Christine

Hello Christine,

In my reply I forgot to thank you for your encouragement "to have a go" myself. If not for that I'd have taken the easy way out and hand-passed it to someone else. It was like doing a 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzle, difficult but rewarding, and the information contained in it was well worth the effort.

Cheers Fay

Hello Christine,

In my reply I forgot to thank you for your encouragement "to have a go" myself. If not for that I'd have taken the easy way out and hand-passed it to someone else. It was like doing a 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzle, difficult but rewarding, and the information contained in it was well worth the effort.

Cheers Fay