Learn about Wills through the Message Boards

Submitted by GFS Terry@aol.com

Here are some useful message boards as you search for wills and death records. You are invited to post your questions or browse through other postings to learn more. If you have knowledge to share, be sure to post some replies, too. Together we can help each other.

Don't forget to try our Site Search to find specific names, places, and more

Preserving Old Wills and Other Documents (2006 - Link Invalid)

Death Records (and Birth & Marriage Records) (2006 - Link Invalid)

Cemeteries & Funeral Parlors (2006 - Link Invalid)

Legal Documents in Genealogy (2006 - Link Invalid)

Medical Terminology in Genealogy (2006 - Link Invalid)

Obituaries (2006 - Link Invalid)

Military Records (2006 - Link Invalid)

If you find any unusual tombstone inscriptions, you are invited to share them with us in this topic:

Humor-Jokes & Stories (2006 - Link Invalid)

AOL has added a new feature to the message boards. If you read a message or list topics, an "up arrow" in a folder will appear at the top left of the window. (This is similar to the up arrow used in navigating through various Windows programs, so it may seem familiar.

This arrow works two different ways:

If you are reading an individual message, clicking on the up arrow will list ALL the messages in that topic (considering your preference settings

If you list messages or topics, but are not reading an individual message (just looking at a list of them), clicking on the up arrow will take you to the other topics in that message board area.

Please let me know if I can ever answer questions about using the forum.

GFA Terry, Genealogy Forum Message Board Manager

Editor's Note: While most of this article did apply to our old message boards on America Online, our site's message boards can be searched using our search engine linked above and it is possible that an obituary, will or other record may be found posted there. Some of these other obsolete message board topics may be considered for future board topics if there is enough interest. This type of information would be most likely to appear in the Alphabetic Surname Message Boards.