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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
$$$: if $1 makes you wonder if it is a relative. Residence of sellers and buyers Occupation: helps decide who two different guys are
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Mortgages: Maybe the buyer doesn't have a lot of $$
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| Name of Seller (Grantor) |
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| Name of Buyer (Grantee) |
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| Name of spouse |
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