We welcome suggestions of other helpful links related to the topic of bequests.
“Ancient,
Curious and Famous Wills”, by Virgil M. Harris
Beard Law and Business Books ISBN 1587980711
http://www.beardbooks.com/ancient_curious_and_famous_wills.html
Link to Excerpts:
http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/enquirer/curious_ancient__famous_wills.htm
“The
Last Caprice – A Book of Wills, Odd and Curious of the Famous and
Infamous” by Robert S.Menchin
Simon & Schuster, 1963
Read a review from the TIME Magazine 1963 archive:
http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,870440,00.html
“For an in-depth look at the history of testamentary succession,
click here for the text of Sir
Henry Maine’s chapter on Testamentary Succession in his legal
classic “Ancient Law”.
http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/maine/anclaw/chap06
“DEATH AND DOLLARS: THE ROLE OF GIFTS AND BEQUESTS IN AMERICA”
Authors: Alicia H. Munnell is the Peter F. Drucker Professor in Management Sciences at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management and director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Annika Sundén is a research associate at Boston College. Read Summary
UK
National Archives Has More Than One Million Wills Online
http://www.documentsonline.nationalarchives.gov.uk
BRISTOL GRAMMAR SCHOOL – a good link with information on history of bequests and the school's founding bequest.
PAPER ON INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER AND REFERENCE TO BEQUEST HISTORY: DeLong, J. B. (2003). A history of bequests in the United States.
Helpful links
Association of Fundraising Professionals http://www.afpnet.org
Canadian Association of Gift Planners http://www.cagp-acpdp.org
Leave a Legacy (Canada) http://www.leavealegacy.ca
National Committee on Planned Giving http://www.ncpg.org
Leave a Legacy (United States) http://www.leavealegacy.org
Planned Giving Today http://www.pgtoday.com
Charity Village http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/research/rpg.html