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Subject: Re: RE: [TMG] sourcing false information
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 8:33:43 -0500
He owned only two pieces of land which he sold earlier. He never paid taxes on anything other than himself, and I searched all the rolls that would have any kind of probate information and nothing was found. That's why I want to source what I found, just not sure how.
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> From: "Kith-n-Kin" <>
> Date: 2004/03/31 Wed PM 08:58:31 EST
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> If he died intestate, wouldn't there still be the possibility of a probate? Which would be in the county
> courthouse, but perhaps not as a "will". There may be land records that have someone "acting for the
> estate of"....
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> If neither are found, and there is no indication of any real property, and the fellow was living with a
> son or daughter. .or in the poorhouse . .then, perhaps the "preponderance of evidence" would indicate
> "intestate" and left no property. I don't remember, but seems there was (oh, don't forget the laws in
> operation at the time/place) a floor on probate. . . If the estate was less than. . .there was no probate.
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> Anyway, I'd be looking for a probate document as well. If neither, then you would have your "conclusion".
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> Pat (in Tucson)
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> In a message dated 3/31/2004 4:55:49 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> writes:
> Today I was researching my 2nd great grandfather, whom I was pretty sure did
> not have a will. I researched all the will books, inventory books, guardian
> books (even though his only known son was grown), record books, etc for the
> county in which he was living and found no indication of any will or inventory
> etc. for him. I would like to record that he died intestate, and am wondering,
> should I use the microfilm rolls I searched as my sources, even if he wasn't
> found on them. I want my reader to know I did research all the available
> records (about 10 rolls), but I'm not sure how to source when the records prove
> that something DIDN'T happen instead of that it DID.
> Teresa Ghee Elliott via remote location. :)
> I would create a would create a misc source called something like Conclusion.
> Indicating in the citation detail all the rolls you searched and what your
> conclusion was
>
> Patt Ricketts
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