If your ancestor owned property, he somehow acquired it. If there is no apparent deed for him in the index of records, consider the following possibilities:
- your relative inherited the property and there was no actual deed of acquisition–the will served as the deed
- your ancestor’s name was spelled really incorrectly on the deed–minor spelling issues aside, this was usually not the case
- your ancestor acquired the property via a patent–which somehow never was recorded
- your ancestor’s deed simply did not get in the index
- the county boundary changed and the acquisition records are recorded in the county where the property was located at the time it was acquired
- the deed never was recorded
- you overlooked it in the index
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