On 23 Jul 2004 at 17:02, sully@vnet.net wrote: > KDBarnett@aol.com wrote: > > >In a message dated 7/23/2004 7:33:34 AM Central Standard Time, > >FredRump@earthlink.net writes: > >PS I have another question. Does deeding a property back and forth > >make any sense to anyone. It seems that in 1950 my place was sold > >(deeded) and bought right back again on the same date and time. > >Doesn't make a bit of sense to me as to why anyone would do that. > > > >Fred, That is a very good question. I have the same situation in some > >of my genealogical data. I am looking forward to the answer. > > > >Keith of East Texas > > > > Sometimes this was done to provide a clear line of property title. For > example, when several people had owned the property jointly and > conveyed their shares separately in various deeds. > > Kathy of Charlotte, NC There may be something to that Kathy. The first deed has the widow of one deceased Siegmund Levin deeding her property, which her husband had assembled out of 5 parcels over many years, to a Webster party (I'll have to see if she was a born Webster) and then she has it deeded back without mentioning all those parcels saying only something about the land justly deeded to the Websters. On the same day she also purchased a piece of property from my next door neighbor where there used to be a carriage house. So all of this is now together in one lot and then deeded back and forth. I think if I can find out who these Websters are who came aboard for a part of a day, the mystery might clear itself up some more. 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)