On 23 Jul 2004 at 11:55, Teresa Ghee Elliott wrote: > Yes, my parents and grandparents did that all the time. There were > various reasons for doing it. (All legal, I might add. <G>) One good > reason would be each child was given two acres when they married. > Grandpa gave the oldest child two acres when he had his first child. > But suddenly, the last child marries, and grandpa is out of land. The > last child is going to live in the home of the oldest child, who has > now moved to a bigger house on the second set of land. So the oldest > child sells the land to grandpa, who then gives it to the youngest > child. > Yes but these are different people involved, right? My people are identical. In my case the answer is probably behind finding out who these Webster people were who were deeded a property which they then deeded right back. The whole thing was done in one swoop. maybe there was money involved which I should be able to find in either a will or a mortgage. In any case, none of this is critical information to me. It's just that I want to know. Typical genealogist in action trying to solve a puzzle for no particular reason. :-) Fred 26 Warren St. Beverly, NJ 08010 FredRump@earthlink.net 609-386-6846 "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

Let's see, your family deeded land to the Websters and then the Websters deeded it right back? Check a couple of things. Were the names *exactly* the same? Was there one less or one more person? Was one name spelled differently? This procedure was/is used to clear a title or change the names on the title. John Smith and his wife Joan own three acres of property. Joan goes off to hunt lions in Africa, leaving John with several children to support. John never gets a bill of divorcement, but Joan was nice enough to leave him a quit claim deed to the property. John "sells" the property to his trusted best friend/neighbor/brother-in-law Sam Jones for $1. Sam, with the papers right in front of him, sells the property right back to John. John, because he is a smart man, takes the two transactions and the quit claim deed right down to the courthouse and has them filed. Joan is out of the picture and off the title. I can think of a dozen similar scenarios, that are still being done today. I wouldn't want to predict the events here, but this one will do for my creative writing class <G>. Pat (in Tucson) -----Original Message----- From: Fred Rump [mailto:FredRump@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 19:43 To: DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [DMU] Re: DEED-MAPPER-USERS-D Digest V04 #31 On 23 Jul 2004 at 11:55, Teresa Ghee Elliott wrote: > Yes, my parents and grandparents did that all the time. There were > various reasons for doing it. (All legal, I might add. <G>) One good > reason would be each child was given two acres when they married. > Grandpa gave the oldest child two acres when he had his first child. > But suddenly, the last child marries, and grandpa is out of land. The > last child is going to live in the home of the oldest child, who has > now moved to a bigger house on the second set of land. So the oldest > child sells the land to grandpa, who then gives it to the youngest > child. > Yes but these are different people involved, right? My people are identical. In my case the answer is probably behind finding out who these Webster people were who were deeded a property which they then deeded right back. The whole thing was done in one swoop. maybe there was money involved which I should be able to find in either a will or a mortgage. In any case, none of this is critical information to me. It's just that I want to know. Typical genealogist in action trying to solve a puzzle for no particular reason. :-) Fred 26 Warren St. Beverly, NJ 08010 FredRump@earthlink.net 609-386-6846 "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) ==== DEED-MAPPER-USERS Mailing List ==== To un-subscribe from DEED-MAPPER-USERS-D (in DIGEST mode), send a message to <DEED-MAPPER-USERS-D-request@rootsweb.com> with just the word "unsubscribe" (no quotes)in the text and turn off your signature. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237