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Deeds: Sellers (Grantors): All may be relatives, etc. Sellers wife (given name): multiple wives; no wife? check deeds before and after: are wives mentioned? Yes: this is a clue he is currently not married. Buyers (Grantees): May be relatives. Add to FAN club Witnesses: May be relatives, close (old) friends, neighbors, or just someone in the courthouse that day. Land Descr: SRT: Metes Bounds: Neighbors, watercourses, trees, roads, mountains; can identify where it is in the county. (be careful with this scary statement) Possibly help separate two people with the same name: people moved but the land didn't. Acres: Watercourses Area of the county Fam Membs: relationship may or may not be identified F.A.N.Club Time frame: Narrows migration, life events (death, marriage) Possibly

Date of the deed, date it is filed: clue and some whys

$$$: if $1 makes you wonder if it is a relative. Residence of sellers and buyers Occupation: helps decide who two different guys are

Mortgages: Maybe the buyer doesn't have a lot of $$

Cemetery Records tell:
Usually or Possibly U P
Death/Burial date
Birth date/Age
Birth place
Name of spouse
Names of children
Symbols (religious, military, other)
Don't miss the CLUES!

Land Records tell:
1st column="Usually" 2nd column="Sometimes"
Name of Seller (Grantor)
Seller's Wife
Name of Buyer (Grantee)
Name of spouse
Names of children
Symbols (religious, military, other)
Don't miss the CLUES!