Is Original Will needed?

I practice in Washington and you will need a lawyer in Ohio. But when the excecutor probates the will the court should be informed of all claims on the will and this sure sounds like one. Gte an experinced probate lawyer locally at once.

Good Luck

As for the IRA, if you are named beneficiary, the IRA passes to you automatically. The will is basically irrelevant and has no impact on the IRAs. However, if they are not telling you where the IRAs are located you must retain a lawyer ASAP.
As for the will, once probated it becomes available to the public. You can go to the register of wills office in the county where the decedent lived to get a copy of the will.

Hope this helps.

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If you are the named beneficiary of the IRA it would not go through probate and would not be governed by the will.

You should be able to collect the IRA directly from the IRA company.