How do you find out if a deceased relative had a will?

When someone writes a will, there may be several copies left with various people, but there has to be at least one copy left with the named executor of the will. The executor is someone trusted by the relative in question, and it is usually a fairly logical and obvious choice, so figure out who would have been chosen and ask that person if he or she is in possession of a will. Sometimes, however, the estate is not that well organized and the will was not given to anyone, and was just left in the papers of the deceased, which someone may have to examine. And of course, there are also people who never bothered to write a will, so there is no guarantee that you will ever find one.