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Can somebody try to find information for me on Ancestry.com?

April 9th, 2010 1 comment

I am looking for information on John Argos born about 1680 in Bristol, England and died in James City, Virginia. I believe he came from England to James City, Virginia on a ship called the Merchant of Maryland. Any info on the ship would be great and if you can find any information on his son Alexander Argo born about 1694 In Sussex County, Delaware. Any info on whom they married and children and things like that would be great. If they were in the military at one point. Really just any records:birth, marriage, death, military anything to give me a lead. Thanks

Is this him?
Name: John Argos
Year: 1680
Place: Virginia
Source Publication Code: 1218.5
Primary Immigrant: Argos, John
Annotation: Date of covenant or indenture of service and apprenticeship with intended destination. Extracted from Servants to Foreign Plantations, a two volume set discovered in the Council House of Bristol. A summerized transcription by R. Hargreaves-Mawdsley was pu
Source Bibliography: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. The Bristol Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations, 1654-1686. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. 491p.
Page: 361

In Pennsylvania, are wills public record?

December 9th, 2009 2 comments

My grandmother passed away awhile ago now. I didn’t think about the will at the time. It didn’t cross my mind at all because of my emotions dealing with her death. But, now that some time has passed, I realize that we never saw a will or heard anything about it. I know for a fact that there was a will. My aunt and my father aren’t on good terms. I believe that my aunt (whom is probably the executor) did something not moral/legal. Like have my frandmother write my dad out of the will when she wasn’t metally competent…

Does anyone know if I would be able to see a copy of my grandmother’s will if my aunt won’t give it to us?

Yes. Wills are a public record. If you go into the Register of Wills Office, you can see the complete estate file just for the asking. And you do not have to prove that you are a relative of the decedent.

You can call the Register of Wills Office and ask the clerk there whether there is a will, how many pages, and what it would cost to copy and mail it to you. Upon receipt of a letter of request and payment, they will mail to you. Here is a link that will give you contact information for Registers of Wills of the various counties in Pennsylvania. http://evans-legal.com/dan/regwills.html