Monday Diggings
Today’s document comes from my BRILES folder, and it’s one that genealogists dream of finding—an estate record that not only names living children but also… Read More »Monday Diggings
Monday’s Diggings: Jacob Briles Grant
Continuing my exploration through the BRILES folder, today’s discovery is a Randolph County, North Carolina deed involving Jacob Briles, the son of my fourth great-grandparents,… Read More »Monday’s Diggings: Jacob Briles Grant
Monday’s Diggings
Today’s find in my BRILES folder includes two hand-drawn plats depicting land that John Briles deeded to Noah Briles in 1826. One drawing represents 150… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
Monday’s Diggings
Today’s find from my BRILES folder is a Randolph County, North Carolina deed where my third great-grandfather, Alexander Briles, sold land in 1857—just before his… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
Monday Diggings
Today’s record from my Briles folder is an 1846 deed from Randolph County, North Carolina, in which John Briles and his wife, Priscilla, sold a… Read More »Monday Diggings
Monday’s Diggings
Today’s record comes from my BRILES folder and includes both my original research notes and an image of a deed. I first located this record… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
Monday’s Diggings
Today’s record comes from my BRILES folder and includes both my original research notes and an image of a deed. I first located this record… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
Mondays Diggings
Today’s record comes from my BRILES folder and includes both my original research notes and an image of a deed. I first located this record… Read More »Mondays Diggings
Monday Diggings
Frederick Broils Land Grant Do you have photocopies of old land deeds tucked away in your research files? When I opened my BRILES–North Carolina folder,… Read More »Monday Diggings
Monday’s Diggings: Jacob Broyle Land Patent
Do you have old maps tucked away in your genealogy files? Today’s find is a photocopy of a map titled “First Patents of Land in… Read More »Monday’s Diggings: Jacob Broyle Land Patent