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Clues from a Processioning List: Part Four
This week we've focused on a critical skill for researchers: Taking research notes that do not simply “extract facts” but permits study of the context of those facts. We challenged you to study a “research note” detailing the 1755 processioning of lands. Yesterday, in response to Glenn's and Scott's comments, we addressed clues to landownership vs. leases. Today we tackle the sequence of names and kinship clues.
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Mon, 12/10/2018 - 16:02
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State Land States, Public Land States, and Hybrid States
21 July 2014
Today's image is a land map depicting part of early St. Clair County, Illinois. When you looked at it, did you say, My stars! What happened to Illinois? !! Historical researchers who use land records tend to mentally divide ...
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Mon, 07/21/2014 - 07:00
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