Hi, List - I was wondering if anyone familiar with land records could give me a clue as to what this series of events might mean. I have found land records from the 1840's that have me puzzled. First, Christiana Kitson purchases land from Malachi Concklin in March 1846, for $150......Kosciousko Co., NE quarter of the SW quarter of Section 36, twsp 32, Range 6 East 44 acres. Her husband is never mentioned in the transaction. Then in March 1847, she sells the same exact land to John Bennett for the same amount, her husband Stephen still not mentioned. In August, 1847, there is a deed where Stephen sells the same exact parcel of land to John Bennet for $150. In most land transactions, the husband is listed with his wife secondary. I could understand it if Stephen was dead, and she sold land as his widow. But Stephen is alive til 1871. I am missing something here, evidently, as I have don't understand why she is the only purchaser listed in 1846, even tho she is married, and she is the only seller listed in 1847; yet her husband also has a deed that seems to be separate from hers for the same parcel of land......but there is no record of him ever purchasing the land. Sound strange to anyone else???? Cynthia