A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Female Ancestors: Special Strategies for Uncovering Hard-to-find Information about Your Female LineageThis first-ever guide reveals special strategies for overcoming the unique challenges of tracing female genealogy. Readers will be able to uncover historical facts, personal accounts and recorded events to form an intriguing narrative biography of the women in their ancestries. |
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... land about 1840 to his children to avoid the land being seized and sold to pay his debts . Two of his chil- dren were of age , the other eight were mi- nors . Donnally's children were eventually sued , and a guardian ad litem was ap ...
... land about 1840 to his children to avoid the land being seized and sold to pay his debts . Two of his chil- dren were of age , the other eight were mi- nors . Donnally's children were eventually sued , and a guardian ad litem was ap ...
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... land for one dollar . Look also at the land description : [ Land in ] the town of Winchester [ Frederick County , Virginia ] contain- ing two acres more or less being part of a larger lot owned by John Baker dec'd which larger lot is ...
... land for one dollar . Look also at the land description : [ Land in ] the town of Winchester [ Frederick County , Virginia ] contain- ing two acres more or less being part of a larger lot owned by John Baker dec'd which larger lot is ...
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... land was granted to her for the term of her life . ( See chapter two , Land Records . ) Some of the southern colonies estab- lished dower rights as early as the 1670s , such as Virginia and Maryland ; others , such as South Carolina ...
... land was granted to her for the term of her life . ( See chapter two , Land Records . ) Some of the southern colonies estab- lished dower rights as early as the 1670s , such as Virginia and Maryland ; others , such as South Carolina ...
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References to this book
Tracing Your Family Roots: The Complete Guide to Locating Your Ancestors Lise Hull No preview available - 2007 |