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   Message 128,557 of 130,039   
   Doug Laidlaw to cecilia   
   Re: PCC wills through Ancestry   
   30 Jul 18 00:42:34   
   
   From: laidlaws@hotkey.net.au   
      
   On 27/07/18 07:58, cecilia wrote:   
   > (This is not of high importance to me - it's not "my" family, and I   
   > can work without it.)   
   >   
   > I have been accessing some PCC wills (1650-1850) fron the Isle of   
   > Wight in order to structure a family that is not "mine", in the hopes   
   > of avoiding confusion with same-surnamed people that are "mine".   
   >   
   > I am doing this through library access to ancestry.com   
   >   
   > I have battled through various mis-transcriptions (my favourite is   
   > Isle of Night) but have failed to identify in ancestry   
   >   
   > "John Rogers, Carrier of Newport Isle of Wight, Hampshire   
   > Date: 	09 August 1653   
   > Reference: 	PROB 11/227/440"   
   >   
   > I've tried only entering Forename or Surname, wiith or wiithout   
   > probate date/year, but either get results that dont include the one I   
   > want or have tens of thoiusands of results.   
   >   
   >   If any one has a ancestry subscription and time to play with it, and   
   > gets a positive result, I would appreciate knowning what combination   
   > of data works - then I can get the will myself.   
   >   
   The surname is Rogers, and the data in the OP's first post has "Roger."   
   Could that be the reason?   
      
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