Wills, probate and estate records can be the best family history records you ever find. Additionally, understanding your female ancestors rights with regard to land ownership, dower rights, and their place in society at the time, can help you know how to find women in the records to help with your family tree.
In this episode, we explore what to look for in wills, estates, understanding probate, land, vital records, civil law vs. common law states and tying the records together.
Learn the definitions of the language used in legal documents. Learn where to find women prior to the 1850 census, when women and children were not named in the census records. Guest Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist, explains it all.
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TIMING
0:00 Intro
0:48 What if someone dies without a will?
2:09 What’s an executrix?
2:41 Are there laws about women executing wills?
4:09 What are dower rights?
5:21 What are common law states?
5:50 The Married Women’s Property Acts
6:08 Where was the first Married Women’s Property act passed?
7:15 Is dower the same as inheritance?
8:10 What is guardianship?
9:02 Who gets guardianship?
9:50 Don’t overlook bonds!
10:18 Sureties and cosigners - the FAN club!
11:20 Are bondsmen putting up money?
11:48 What are marriage bonds?
12:20 Bonds and insurance
12:58 What other death related records to look for?
14:15 When does guardianship terminate?
14:36 Could a child own land?
15:30 The structure of a will
16:15 Local differences in wills - Pennsylvania Dutch
17:24 Look at the witnesses!
18:00 Women’s divorce rights
19:15 Absolute divorce versus divorce from bed and board
20:03 Tips to find women prior to the 1850s
20:25 Dower rights
21:50 Church records
22:24 Learn more about Judy Russell
23:17 Next episode preview
24:06 Handout info
24:47 Outro
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