In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the probate battles over the huge estate left by railroad magnate Mark Hopkins... (Read More)
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the Foster scandal: a family Bible and evidence dug up from a grave used to prove a probate case... (Read More)
Mary Harrell-Sesniak writes about a source of family history information found in old newspapers that is very helpful to genealogists: probate notices... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega discusses alternatives to death certificates in order to find information about your ancestor’s death... (Read More)
An article providing search tips for probate court records in old newspapers... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega shows how legal notices published in old newspapers are a great genealogy resource for family history information... (Read More)
An article showing how legal notices published in newspapers can help fill in the details on your family tree... (Read More)
This article shows how those small-print legal notices found in the back of newspapers can provide important family history clues to help genealogists... (Read More)
State laws required that a legal notice of a probate action be posted in local newspapers. This was the state’s method to get the word out to all interested parties that an estate was going to be disbursed to the heirs and creditors. These legal requirements varied across the country, but we can reasonably... (Read More)
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