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Genealogy Clues from Old Probate, Estate, Divorce,
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You'll find notices regarding estates, probate, partnerships, divorces, guardianship, and many other clues along the paper trail of our ancestors! Many of these (especially the estate notices) will describe property at length, name other family members, or even mention neighbors' names in property descriptions!
Legal notices appear in the order that they're added, with the newest items at the top of the list.
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Marshal's Sale of Loudoun County Land Near Snicker's Gap, 1826 Not yet indexed, but surnames include the following: BARZIZA, HOPKINS, PARADISE, EDLOE, HODGSON, WICKHAM, DANDRIDGE, MARSHALL, FOSTER, LEE, ROPER, TAYLOR, LUCY, PAGE, SEEVERS
Jefferson County, WV Chancery Court: HARTGROVE vs. McCABE, 1876 Now indexed! Surnames include HARTGROVE, McCABE BROWN, FLICK, WILSON, TEARNEY, BAYLOR
Chancery Court Notice: Sale of King William County Land, 1826 GREGORY, PRESTON, QUARLES, GUERRANT, RICHESON
Notice to Peter BEVERLEY, Esq., 1826 BEVERLY, ALLAN, ELLIS, TOOLEY
CHICKERING Estate Notice, MA, 1812
BROWN Estate Auction, MA, 1812
GUTHRIE Homestead Notice, 1881
Notice to Creditors of John JACKSON, Glasgow, 1781 MAXWELL, GRAHAM
Edward COE Probate, Kalamazoo, 1874 BRIGGS, WINSLOW
Goochland County Legal Notice, VA, 1875 LEYBURN, GREGORY, WRENN, ELLETT, PARSONS, PRICE, WATSON, STAPLES, BARKSDALE, JARVIS, REDFORD, WOODSON, MILLER, PETTIT, LEAKE
Estate Notice, Stockton, CA, 1870 UNDERHILL, SOUTHWOOD
Legal Notice: GRAHAM vs. MacMILLAN, Richmond County, 1810 MacNAIR
BRINK Estate Notice, Coldwater, MI, 1843 PIERCE
Legal Notice: SMITH vs. RIGSBEE; Negro boy Eadom, NC, 1841 WILLIAMS
Legal Notice: Dissolution of Partnership, Glasgow, 1872 HERTZ, RETHWISCH, BUCHANAN, MUIRHEAD
Legal Notice: Dissolution of Partnership, Paisley, 1872 HAMILTON, CRUICKSHANKS, RUSSELL, HART
Claims Now Due Against British Brig J. L. Pye, Contact J. A. ENSLOW, 1870
KEATING Estate Notice, TX, 1951
Co-Partnership Announced, New Orleans, 1839 BOWLES, STRONG, McCAY
Legal Notice: Sequestered KOERBER Estate, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1872 MACK
Sheriff's Sale, GA, 1876 DUPONT, HAMMOND, OYLER, YOUNG, DAVIS, SIBLEY, IVEY
Richmond Chancery Court, VA, 1824 VERELL, VADEN, ROBERTSON, TABB, SPAIN, HENING
FOUSHEE Estate Notice, 1824 RAWLINGS