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Treasure Chest Thursday — The Mysterious Samuel J Campbell Deed
Update: I found I had the images out of order and that what was Page 6 continues the dowry release. It is all reasonably ordered now. My grandfather, Gilbert Gillespie, told my father that this deed...
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Sorting Saturday: A Research Plan for the Samuel J Campbell Deed
This is more of a mental sorting, rather than a physical sorting. Sometimes it’s hard to find a blog queue that fits what you want to write about! So, I published the documents and the transcription...
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Amanuensis Monday — The House on 108 Houston Street
In 1907, my Great Grandfather, Wyatt Paul Gillespie, bought what I thought was a house at 108 Houston Street in Lexington, Virginia, but now that I reread the document, it appears that he bought the...
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Mary Elizabeth Gillespie Heirs sell to W.P. Gillespie: Setting up Research...
Bound volume of deeds in Amherst County Courthouse 1 My niece, Rachel, and I went on an epic research trip in Virginia in July. We hit 5 courthouses, untold cemeteries, tromped around all sorts of...
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