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Hitting paydirt at NARA One of the most basic truisms of genealogy is that you never know what you're going to find. That certainly was the case for The Legal Genealogist at the National Archives last week. The backstory: My maternal grandfather, Clay Rex Cottrell,...
Not whether, but how
The alarm is sounding An affidavit filed by an expert genetic genealogist in an Idaho murder case ought to have alarm bells ringing throughout the genealogical community. All of us -- The Legal Genealogist included -- want to use DNA as a tool in researching our...
The other rangers
Rangers, North Carolina style It popped up in a volume of Rutherford County, North Carolina, court minutes. The County Court of Rutherford County held an election for an office The Legal Genealogist had never associated with North Carolina. The office of County...
Where did it go?
The rest of the land In December of 1796, Joseph Moore was granted 200 acres of land by the State of North Carolina. The land was entered in June of 1794,[1. Rutherford County Entry No. 610, file 1316, Joseph Moore; digital images, NC Land Grants...
Saying their names
Recovering their identities The first arrived in North America most likely in 1539, brought to Florida as part of the expedition in which Hernando DeSoto attempted to establish a colony for Spain.[1. See Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, “Everyone is talking about 1619. But...
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