If you can’t find a deed of sale for your ancestor’s real property, consider the fact that he didn’t sell it. If your ancestors taxes became sufficiently delinquent, his property would be sold to pay those taxes. In the United States these sales are usually indexed under “Sheriff” and not the name of your ancestor.

Unless your ancestor was the sheriff.

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