This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SFk.2ACIB/1300.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: The House Heirs Letters for claims against the estate in most cases were personal letters from House family members listing information from family bibles, stories they heard, or House members they knew. It is not verified from official records. I hope House researchers use the letters as a beginning reference as I have only posted the letters as written to the secretary of the House Heirs Association. The House Heirs Association disbanded prior to 1926, somewhere around 1923. My grandfather and his lawyer found one of the House families involved disappeared with what funds had been collected to finance the lawsuit. He disappeared for years but when he died on 5 Dec 1936 in Box Elder Co, Utah another case was tried in the District Court, of the 1st Judicial District of the State of Utah. He had purchased tracts of land and owned considerable personnel property. The State of Utah did not look favorably on out of state claims and it was dismissed. I have certified copies all the official records to verify the court actions and for receipts for payment of the public records as obtained by my grandfather and his lawyer. Was this matter of the House Heirs Association and the land claims that could not be verified for real or was it all along a fraud? WE MAY NEVER KNOW????? However many House families at the time contacted each other and located their lost members. It appears many House heirs were really frustrated by what had happened and any files they had were thrown out. I have more letters in the files, but many are repeating information other family members had written to the House Heirs Association. I want to thank all the House family for their support and hope you found the information helpful in your House Family research. Leonard Granger, Dixon, CA