Wills

Have been checking out some old wills online via the Public Record Office of Victoria website. Pre 1925 wills are all online and can be viewed straight away. Well done to the PRO for making them accessible as you can glean a lot of detail from a will. One of my wills was for an ancestor William Reed Board who's only possession was a gold pocket watch that he willed to a grandchild. Another was for a prominent ancestor named John Clark who was the original treasurer for the Comm-na-feinne society (the highland society) in Geelong. He wrote many articles for the Geelong Advertiser and was an inspector with the Leigh Shire for many years and at the same time was the post master for Teesdale. There is a portrait of John that still hangs on the wall of the current shire (but I cannot recall exactly what is called at the moment.) So family researchers please don't forget Shire Offices as a good resource for family photos and information about those who served as councillors or employees. From this photo I have been able to identify John in a couple of other photos that I already had but didn't know it.