Having a document witnessed in UK

I wasn't sure which forum to post this question in. I'm in the middle of selling my home in NY state, I'm now living in Northumberland on my fiance visa. The lawyer dealing with the sale of my house says I'm going to need to go to a US Consulate to get the documents witnessed at the end (which is soon). The nearest US. Consulate is in Edinburgh Scotland!! An expensive bus then train ride for me and my fiance. This seems ridiculous! Can anyone offer advice about this??
Thanks!

That's what notaries are for aren't they?

I wasn't sure which forum to post this question in. I'm in the middle of selling my home in NY state, I'm now living in Northumberland on my fiance visa. The lawyer dealing with the sale of my house says I'm going to need to go to a US Consulate to get the documents witnessed at the end (which is soon). The nearest US. Consulate is in Edinburgh Scotland!! An expensive bus then train ride for me and my fiance. This seems ridiculous! Can anyone offer advice about this??
Thanks!

You need to clarify if it needs to be a US notary.  If so, then yes, he/she is correct.  And they do charge for the service.  

Did you appoint a Power of Attorney before moving?

I am assuming it's a US notary I need, since that's all they told me. So are there US Notaries I can use maybe closer to me? It might be cheaper and quicker to pay the 50 then go to Scotland. And NO the realtor knew I was moving but didn't talk to me about setting up a Power of Attorney :-( .

I am assuming it's a US notary I need, since that's all they told me. So are there US Notaries I can use maybe closer to me? It might be cheaper and quicker to pay the 50 then go to Scotland. And NO the realtor knew I was moving but didn't talk to me about setting up a Power of Attorney :-( .

I was executor for an estate in the US, and a house was sold as part of the estate. Both the Court, for estate purposes, and realtors selling the house were involved. To sell the house, the US attorney E-mailed to me, here in the UK, a power of attorney giving the attorney the right to sign the papers for the house at the closing. I took the papers to my local solicitor in the UK; signed the power of attorney in his office; he witnessed my signing (as a notary, which he is also), and I returned the signed papers by FEDEX to the US attorney's office. This was sufficient for the closing. The only problem may be circumstances vary according to which State in the US, and that State's particular laws.

I also used the same UK solicitor to finalise the US estate court papers for the US attorney. Again, no problems.

Check with the US attorney to be sure they really need a "US notary". I have also in the past used a notary in the UK who was not a solicitor for US papers, but it was a local "UK" notary. Again, it was accepted. 

Thanks so much for your reply, sorry I didn't get to see it sooner I've been swamped with my shipment of boxes just arriving! 
The idea of emailing a power of attorney form seems logical but the firm I'm dealing with has checked even with other firms and is saying it HAS to be at the Consulate. I emailed many law firms around here and all said they were only UK Notary Public's. So I've just gone ahead and made the appointment for Edinburgh at the Consulate. The cost of the train ticket and $50 for notary will probably be the same as paying for an expensive local UK notary. And we don't have a car right now so bus fares will add to the cost.
Was your solicitor a realestate solicitor or a general one? I'm wondering if I should look for an 'all purpose' solicitor that I can ask questions of while I live here?

My appointment is Wednesday, so think of us on the train....