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From: "Kathleen Summers" <>
Subject: [ NCHENDER] Henderson County NC Estate Records 1838 - 1900
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 12:02:33 -0400


I have published an abstract of the Henderson County NC. Estate Records. These records. There are over 750 sir names listed and over 5000 names. The amount of information is truly phenomenal! Click on the URL below to review the book and for ordering. If you will email the name you are looking for I will tell you if the book will be beneficial to you.

These valuable records have been in Raleigh NC since 1960 and never available in any printed form before now. Estate records, or probate records, were generated when a person died without a will. The court settled the deceased estate and in doing so generated a tremendous amount of documentation. These documents usually listed the widow/widower, heirs (children, grandchildren, brothers and sisters), sometimes where the heirs lived, names of slaves who were sold to settle the estate, dower issues, inventories and accounts. In fact, estate records give much more information than a will.


http://ksummers55.home.mchsi.com

Kathleen Summers


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