Hello All - Sorry to sound so ignorant, but I'm trying to decipher a property record for a person who died intestate, and some of the terms are unfamiliar. He had land - with no listed value - "held by deceased under the 42nd Section of the Amending Land Act, being allotment 1 section ___ Parish of Conover, County of Kara Kara". - Would this mean he held the entire Allotment 1? The value of the fencing around same land was 150.0.0, which was taxed. - What did the 42nd Section of the Amending Land Act cover? (I did try a Google search - and got very, very wierd results.) - How much land could be held under that act? Was it 'free' land, which could be claimed, and if improved upon, became the claimants after a period of time? He had other land too, the description of which seems odd. "Crown allotment 3 of Section 1 of the parish of Clunes, containing 32 perches or thereabouts." Perches?? What would that be - feet, or yards ?? Hopefully it wasn't the number of bird houses.<vbg> Could people give property away before their death, thus avoiding death taxes? He was sick for 14 days, and a lot could have been done in that time. I'm trying to put together a realistic picture of what he might have had. Thanks for any help you can give me on this. Best regards, Julia Julia Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell W. Briton newspaper transcripts at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad
Hi Julia, I can help you with the land question - 1 Acre is 160 perches therefore he held less than a quarter of an acre. 32 Perches = 968 Yards^2 , Hectares 8 093713E-2, Hope this helps. Brian M Morley Ipswich Queensland Australia °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° "Genealogy is breaking bread with the dead" -------Original Message------- From: Julia Mosman Date: 08/10/05 16:41:10 To: AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Land records & definitions Hello All - Sorry to sound so ignorant, but I'm trying to decipher a property record for a person who died intestate, and some of the terms are unfamiliar. He had land - with no listed value - "held by deceased under the 42nd Section of the Amending Land Act, being allotment 1 section ___ Parish of Conover, County of Kara Kara". - Would this mean he held the entire Allotment 1? The value of the fencing around same land was 150.0.0, which was taxed. - What did the 42nd Section of the Amending Land Act cover? (I did try a Google search - and got very, very wierd results.) - How much land could be held under that act? Was it 'free' land, which could be claimed, and if improved upon, became the claimants after a period of time? He had other land too, the description of which seems odd. "Crown allotment 3 of Section 1 of the parish of Clunes, containing 32 perches or thereabouts." Perches?? What would that be - feet, or yards ?? Hopefully it wasn't the number of bird houses.<vbg> Could people give property away before their death, thus avoiding death taxes? He was sick for 14 days, and a lot could have been done in that time. I'm trying to put together a realistic picture of what he might have had. Thanks for any help you can give me on this. Best regards, Julia Julia Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell W. Briton newspaper transcripts at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad _____________________________