genealogyblog.familyhistoryresearch.net - Land Warrants were similar to checks. A land warrant could be endorsed on the back and then used by the endorsee, otherwise known as assigning the warrant view details...
Submitted By celtgrfe 73 days agogenealogyblog.familyhistoryresearch.net - The name Boteler was in ordinary life a wine merchant or butler. The King’s boteler was an officer of considerable importance, almost the same as collector of customs in modern ports view details...
Submitted By celtgrfe 80 days agogenealogyblog.familyhistoryresearch.net - In the 18th century the Ohio River valley was a territory disputed by the French and the English. Eventually this led to the French and Indian War as we shall see. view details...
Submitted By celtgrfe 81 days agogenealogyblog.familyhistoryresearch.net - Arms are not only granted to individuals and families, but also to cities, corporate bodies, and learned societies. They may therefore be classed as follows view details...
Submitted By celtgrfe 124 days agogenealogyblog.familyhistoryresearch.net - Eventually an heir usually came about who wished to sell, or pass down, his land the way he wanted and so wished to get rid of the entail. This was called docking the entail view details...
Submitted By celtgrfe 130 days agogenealogyblog.familyhistoryresearch.net - You must be able to interpret the laws in relation to land and succession of land when working with early land records. Following the ownership of land from one generation to the next is very useful view details...
Submitted By celtgrfe 140 days agogenealogyblog.familyhistoryresearch.net - In 1758 General John Forbes began his move to capture Fort Duquesne. Another attempt by General Braddock and George Washington to capture the fort had failed view details...
Submitted By celtgrfe 144 days agogenealogyblog.familyhistoryresearch.net - Heraldry is the practice of creating, verbally describing (called blazoning) and granting Armorial Bearings (also called a Coat of Arms, or Armory) to an individual, and of recording the genealogy, or view details...
Submitted By celtgrfe 149 days agogenealogyblog.familyhistoryresearch.net - An important part of a families life before 1850 was owning land. 9 out of 10 adult males owned land. From 1600s on land records have always been very well maintained in America view details...
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