Today's find comes from a letter written to the Recorder of Deeds for Platte County, Missouri in 1998 when copies of deeds for Matthew M. Bland were requested. Below is the transcription of the deed from Book D page 258. Unfortunately, page 259 was not received with the original request. Thus, part of the justice …
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Friday Finds
Today's find comes from a letter written to the Recorder of Deeds for Platte County, Missouri in 1998 when copies of deeds for Matthew M. Bland were requested. Below is the transcription of the deed from Book C page 389. This indenture made and entered into this thirtieth day of Septemberin the year of our …
Matthew Bland Estate
Do you have photocopies of loose probate documents in your files? If so, have you tried to locate those documents in the digitized records on the FamilySearch site? I have several probate documents from the estate of Matthew M. Bland of Platte County, Missouri. I was not able to locate these documents in the digitized …
Friday Finds
Today's find comes from a letter written to the Recorder of Deeds for Platte County, Missouri in 1998 when copies of deeds for Matthew M. Bland were requested. Below is the transcription of the deed from Book C pages 387-388. Platte County MissouriDeed Book Cpages 387-388 This Indenture mad and entered into this 24th day …
Message Boards – Bland Will
Do you remember Ancestry Message Boards? As I was 'purging' my folder of BLAND research, I came across a printout of a 1999 message from the BLAND board that is a transcription of a will. Thankfully, the person who shared this transcription provided the source information. While the page for Nelson County, Kentucky indicates the …
Friday Find
While working with a BURKE court case, I started digging around in my Burke and BLAND files and uncovered photocopies of pages from the book, Platte County, Missouri Records 1839-1849. While it is likely that I missed some members of my Burke / Bland fan club, my photocopies place several members of these families in …
Another Chase
I recently wrote about a 'chase' to locate a newspaper clipping shared on Ancestry in order to identify the source of the clipping. Well, the hints for Eli Bland, one of my 4th great grandfathers, turned up a story that is a transcription of a deed. The deed in question is an 1823 deed from …
Friday Finds
Do you have photocopies from county histories in your files? Have you tried to locate a digitized version of any of those county histories? If you found a digitized version, did you find more information about your family that what you had photocopied? While I've used lotsof county histories over the years, I have more …
Chasing Documents
Have you ever tried to find the source of a newspaper clipping shared as an image on Ancestry? While updating my research for my 4th great grandfather, John Burke, I came across a newspaper clipping regarding his estate. This clipping is about a probate case involving the descendants of John Burke (see Saturday Night Genealogy …
Friday Find
Bland Marriages Do you have photocopies from books that you hope provide information on one of the brances in your tree? Today's Friday Find is such a set of records. It is marriage records from early Virginia for the BLAND surname. While my BLAND line likely goes back to Virginia, I hven't found a connection …