Hiya list
I am sending you a website that you might like to look at.
Diane (List mum)
FYI --
To those of you with England-based lists, I just ran across a resource
which your lists might like to know about if they don't already.
Harvard Law School has a collection of English deeds in their library,
and these deeds are described on their website, including all names and
locations contained therein:
<
http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/collections/special/collections/manuscri
pts/deeds/>
There is a small search box on the left-hand side at the bottom. If
"HLS website" is clicked, then entering a search term in that box and
clicking on "Go" will search those deeds for you (and probably any other
pages on their site as well).
Some of these deeds mention land in America, but most of them are for
land in England. They go back as early as the 1300's and go through at
least the latter 1700's.
It doesn't appear to be possible to search on just the deeds, so a
search on a common name like Lewis will get way too many hits. Adding
the term "deed" to your search will help, but there may still be
irrelevant results. The deed descriptions are also browseable in the
event that the name search isn't fruitful.
Please feel free to forward this message in whole or in part to your
list(s) if desired.
-- Mary Taffet
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