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Probate Courts are Beginning to Reopen…Let’s Get Ready to Notify! 

September 11, 2020 by Jacqueline - Legacy Tree Genealogists Forensic Researcher Leave a Comment

Are you a probate attorney, paralegal, estate administrator, fiduciary, or investor? Probate courts are beginning to open. Be prepared and beat the rush! Our team of forensic genealogists’ shares tips to ensure you’re ready to notify. As probate courts begin to reopen, the courts will be inundated with new cases. It will be more important than ever to be ready and to achieve as much progress as possible in each hearing and avoid unnecessary continuances. Each state has very specific laws … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Probate Tagged With: beneficiaries, estate administrator, estate. intestate, fiduciary, forensic genealogist, heir, notify, probate, probate attorney, probate genealogist, probate research, research, succession

Forensic and Probate Research Frequently Asked Questions

April 17, 2020 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

Legacy Tree Genealogists has a dedicated probate research division, and has been servicing the forensic needs of attorneys, paralegals, estate administrators, fiduciaries and investors since 2004. Check out our forensic and probate research FAQ. What is forensic genealogy? Forensic genealogy is genealogical research in relation to legal matters. This most often involves genealogical research to define the identities and locate contact information for potential heirs based on descendancy. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Probate Tagged With: forensic, forensic genealogists, forensic genealogy, probate, probate genealogist, probate research, probate researcher

How a 200-Year-Old Family Feud Solved a Brick Wall Problem

December 5, 2015 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

In a recent case we worked on, a dispute over land led to identifying the parents of an individual and solving a family brick wall problem. We share this story with permission to illustrate the importance of thorough searches - not just in vital records, newspapers, and censuses - but in land, probate, and court records. Our client asked us to trace the ancestry of his Boykin family, and research had stalled with a direct-line ancestor named William T. Boykin of Southampton County, Virginia, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Court Records, Land Records Tagged With: American records, brick wall, court records, family history, genealogists, land records, legacy tree, probate, research, solved

5 Tips for Finding Female Ancestors

December 19, 2014 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 3 Comments

Are you struggling to find female ancestors in your family history? We share 5 tips for locating those elusive ancestresses!  “The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband.” – William Blackstone, English jurist and judge Such a quote sounds grating and out-of-place in our twenty-first century society, but it was the legal and cultural reality under which American women lived during most of history, due to our heritage of English common law. Blackstone’s quote above is in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Methodology Tagged With: elusive ancestors, family history, family history library, female ancestor, genealogy, genealogy tips, legacy tree, methodology, obituary, probate, women's rights

Deeds and Other Land Records

November 5, 2013 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 1 Comment

If you're stuck in your genealogy journey, access to deeds and other land records may help break through your genealogy "brick wall"!  Deeds, and land records in general, can provide helpful pieces to the puzzle you are trying to solve about your United States ancestor. They are especially helpful in areas or time periods where few records of other types are available, like the southern United States before 1850. Most counties and some towns in the United States kept deed books, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deeds, Genealogy Records and Resources, Land Records Tagged With: Ancestor, deed, family history, genealogy, government, land, methodology, probate, property, record, records, research, United States, US, USA

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