Good morning! I wanted to let you know that for a time I am again discontinuing the puzzler of the week. As most of you know, I've had a lot on my plate this year since the death of my precious Mom and I am run slightly "ragged". I'm trying to clear my schedule just a little and catch my breath. I am still heavily involved in settling Mom's estate (goes on forever) and trying to recuperate a little. I enjoy these puzzlers and some of you seem to feel the same. However, the amount of guessers each week has dwindled and I'm shelving it for awhile. I will replace this with a little tip of the week sometimes. Today's tip involves the meaning of the term "heirs and assigns forever" which is found on deeds. What does that really mean? This conveyed to the grantee (the buyer) a fee simple title. The grantee was able to keep the land, sell it, mortgage it - whatever he wanted to do. This is in contract to a "life estate" deed which means that the grantee can only use the land during their lifetime. You will see the latter term in wills where land is given as dower to the widow. When she died or re-married, the land would likely go to one of the children, or divided among the children. See you tomorrow! Sandi Sandi's Puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php Sandi's site: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky