Monday’s Diggings
The McCubbins Collection and the Bryal Surprise Have you ever pulled an old photocopy from your files and realized it still has something to teach… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
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Monday’s Diggings
Two Chimneys and a Plantation Memory Do you have photographs of your ancestors’ homes — or at least what remains of them? Today’s find in… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
Monday Diggings
Today’s Monday’s Diggings find is an 1814 Randolph County, North Carolina deed in which Frederick Briles sells land to Ansel Pearce. At first glance, it… Read More »Monday Diggings
Friday Find
Frederick Briles Purchases Land from Andrew Hoover (1847) Buried in my BRILES folder is an 1847 deed documenting the purchase of land by Frederick Briles… Read More »Friday Find
Full Text Search Challenge
Have you tried FamilySearch’s Full-Text Search yet? I’ve found this tool invaluable—not only for locating records, but also for generating usable transcriptions of old photocopies… Read More »Full Text Search Challenge
Monday’s Diggings
Do you have photocopies of deeds and other records in your files that you collected long before county records were digitized and searchable online? If… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
Monday’s Diggings
Digging through my BRILES folder has uncovered yet another Randolph County, North Carolina land transaction. This 1814 deed documents the transfer of 100 acres of… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
Monday’s Diggings
This week’s Monday’s Diggings takes me back once again to Randolph County, North Carolina, and to another land record involving Adam Broils. This deed documents… Read More »Monday’s Diggings
Monday’s Diggings – 1787 Land Purchase of Adam Broils
While continuing to dig through my BRILES folder, I uncovered another Randolph County, North Carolina deed—this one dating from 1787. It documents a land grant… Read More »Monday’s Diggings – 1787 Land Purchase of Adam Broils
Monday’s Diggings
Buried deep in my BRILES folder was a fascinating find—an 1816 deed for land owned by a man named Jacob Briles in Randolph County, North… Read More »Monday’s Diggings