When making a trip to a courthouse, taking a genealogical reference manual isn’t necessary. However, work in land, court, and probate records may go more smoothly if you have a list of basic terms and their definitions with you. Confusing terms such as grantor/grantee, defendant/plaintiff, administrator/executor, quit claim/ warranty, etc. may cause you to waste research time.
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That is a very good suggestion. Just wondering if you might have a link to a good list of courthouse terms with definitions that could be either printed or downloaded.
Our rough draft is here https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/genealogy-terms-for-the-courthouse/
We are working on a longer list.
Do you have a list of these terms & definitions?
Our rough draft is here https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/genealogy-terms-for-the-courthouse/
We are working on a longer list.