APG-L Archives

Archiver > APG > 2002-12 > 1039023714


From: "Jean R. Legried" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Another deed/probate question
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 11:41:54 -0600
In-Reply-To: <6f.31c16b62.2b1f8752@aol.com>


At 11:29 AM 12/4/2002 -0500, wrote:
>Rebecca,
>
> << Question: what happened to this land after his death? I looked
> through
>1840. Should I look at further years to see if perhaps a deed/division was
>recorded much later? >>
>
> Absolutely look further, sometimes decades went by before someone got
>around to recording the deed.

I have encountered situations where the purchase deed wasn't recorded until
the property was sold again. In Minnesota (I don't know about other states)
a man could purchase land by himself but his wife's name had to be on the
sale deed. Sometimes that's the only clue to the wife's name.



Jean R. Legried, CGRS
Norwegian-American research specialty
<>

Freeborn Co. MNGenWeb Coordinator: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnfreebo
Beginning Genealogy lessons: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie
Co-editor, VESTLANDET


This thread: