We recently had a discussion in our society meeting (Mother County
Genealogical Society...Bladen) concerning wills, death, and genealogical
records. Many of us know that certain family members would just as soon
throw away any old pictures or documents, and might even toss that notebook
that we worked years on. Has anyone discovered a specific document or do
you know of a type of will addendum that you can make to specify where your
material goes? Yes, we can certainly all go see a lawyer and pay a fee, but
I'm looking for something easy and official that we can all do on our own.
Jason Bordeaux
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From: "Nola Duffy" <nduffy(a)patch.net>
To: <NCGENWEB-DISCUSS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 12:16 AM
Subject: [NCGENWEB-DISCUSS] Re: Papers
I think I may have gotten an answer about where the material will go
and
that will probably be East Carolina Univ. where all of Mrs. Kerr's papers
went. What little I have seen relates to eastern North Carolina. Thus far
I have not found a connection to the Kerr's in Warren Co. or the piedmont
section. There do not seem to be any original source documents. She was a
genealogist but most of what I have seen thus far seems to relate to her
own family lines and based on her research in Washington, D.C. Still, I
will get it to East Carolina and let them decide but not until I have made
certain that we have copies of anything that will be useful to researchers
in the area. I have emptied an old heavy lead lined chest to store the
material while it is here. Everything in my house would burn but nothing
inside that chest would ever burn unless the lead melted first. Once I can
get copies made, I will be more than happy to send to anyone who will
transcribe them for the county pages or archives.
I too share Sandy's concerns and if I find any source material, it will be
treated with great care and respect. I really don't think that is what we
have.
Nola
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