It’s 1860 in a small county seat somewhere in the United States. A lawyer has been in his office all day, meeting a few clients and taking care of some paperwork. At some point during the day, his daughter while doing a few errands, stops in to see him. She has her six-month son with her. Later that afternoon, the lawyer pens part of a legal document for an estate he’s helping settle. The document refers to the children of the deceased as “infant heirs.” Before he leaves for the day he writes a letter to his sister. In that letter he tells his sister “my daughter brought the baby to see me this afternoon. The infant and mother are doing fine–we are thankful for God’s Blessings and […]
Just because it’s “legal” does not mean that it is correct. I’ve seen legal notices where heirs have been left out, where a list of heirs to be notified included heirs who were deceased, addresses were incorrect, etc. Always get more than one source if possible. This is not meant to suggest that all legal records are wrong. They are not. Just a reminder that they can be wrong. And why you should never rely on just one record.
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