Ancestral Properties

This year I received a gift of an Ancestry.com subscription. It has proven one of the most wonderful gifts ever because I’ve spent hours and hours poring over census records, death certificates and wills. I’ve learned lots of dates and names and that’s exciting. But there are little tidbits that really make it worth the time.

In fact, I’m learning so much that I’m really struggling to compose this week’s article in any kind of organized fashion. So let me just tell you about one document and...