Technically, in most cultures, a person is considered by 0 years old at the moment of their birth. It’s also reflective of the age many records use to list individuals within the first 12 months of their birth. And it’s difficult to get mixed up on whether someone is 0 years old or 1 year old–even if there is no record of their birth. But as that person ages, it’s easier for a record to be a off or inconsistent with other records. It’s more difficult to be off by much when someone is under the age of 3. When that person with no birth record has aged to their seventies, it’s much easier to be off a year or two on their age. The older a person […]
Special Announcement Land records have you confused? We have the answer. A presentation and a follow-up discussion. Reading the Deed Books: US Local Land Records for Genealogists There are a lot of records your ancestor may have avoided being listed in. But if he bought or sold land, there was a record created to document that transfer and a copy of that record was probably made at the local court house. Even if your ancestor never bought or sold the land he owned, he may appear in local land records. Deeds are some of the most reliable records we have, and genealogists overlook them all the time. This presentation covers the land records kept at the county and town level in the United States and the general structure […]
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