Dear List Members,
On Monday, December 23, I begin my Christmas Holiday week. I am
spending it with my four children, their wives and husbands and my 9.5
grandchildren. It will be the first time in over 10 years I have had
all my children with me for Christmas. I am thrilled to say the least.
It is hard, as many of you know, when all of your children and
grandchildren live thousands of miles from you.
As you have already guessed, I will not be spending as much time as
usual online watching over y
This may be a stupid question, but could someone explain what a probate court record is?? I sent away for it, but what I received is something that has my ancestors names listed but I'm unsure what to do with this record.
Thank you, Debbie Kellogg
dbkkellogg@yahoo.com
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Without knowing who your ancestors are and what the document says I cannot
tell you too much.
The probate is how the court distributes both real and personal property
after the death of a person. If the person dies intestate (without a will)
then property is distributed as per the laws of the state, and probate will
acknowledge all heirs. If the person has a will, he may not have mentioned
certain heirs for whatever reason, so for that reason, intestate probate is
somewhat better for those of us who are l
Hi!
I am cross-posting to several lists so you may get this more than once!
A new Yahoo! Group has been formed for the descendants of Almon and Nancy
Bramblett Gantt. It is still in the early stages, so not much has been posted
as of yet. We would like to all pool our resources and have in one place all
of our research into this family. Here are the children of Almon and Nancy
(if anyone has this line, please contact us and join-we LOVE meeting new
cousins!!):
1. Almond GANTT was born about 1770 i
I would like to connect with others who have DiWitt CANTRELL b. May
1817 SC in their database or who descend from him and his wife Sarah
Ann POWELL b. Nov 1826 in Pendleton Co., SC. . Sarah Ann POWELL,
daughter of Almon POWELL and Elizabeth GORDON was married about 1850 in
Pickens Co., SC.
DiWitt and Sarah Ann migrated to Randolph Co., AR between 1870 and
1880. They settled in Warm Springs with their family. Sarah Elizabeth
b. 1851, Frances Calhoun b. 1853, General Laviga b 1859, Mary Jane b.
1861, V