Can someone tell me if the courthouse in Mt. Vernon is the place of find out all the owners of a property in Aurora? I would like to know who was the builder/original owner of my Grandmother's Bates house and who has owned it since it was sold by her estate in 1956. When we were in Aurora in June, the property was for sale, and we lucky to drive by it as a realtor was showing the property. He let my brother and I walk through it. Of course, it has changed considerably since 1956 but just walking through brought back so many memories of the old home. The house was built I believe in the 1890s. My grandparents, George K. and Loula Bates, owned the property from 1907 till she died in 1956. Thanks. Virginia Wilkerson Halterman

Great question!!! Would this be part of the County Assessors Office? I find a listing in the white pages of the 2001 directory for the Assessor Courthouse, tel no. 466-2831. I would like to trace back through the owners the farms owned by my gr, 2nd gr and 3rd gr grandfathers in the Lawrence & DadeCo. area. I have the description of the property [Section, Township, Range quadrants and acreage], is this all I need? In a Missouri lecture by Lloyd Bockstruck [Dallas Pub. Lib.] he stated that the original deed was handed down to each owner over the years, and the current owner should have the deed, if it still exists. Does anyone know if this holds true for Lawrence, Dade, Polk, Greene? I think I once asked this question of the list, but cannot remember answer, nor can I put my finger on the e-mail [filed in 3- 3", 3-ring binders] that I would have printed out. Sharon Ford ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 1:02 PM Subject: [MOLAWREN-L] History of House Ownership > Can someone tell me if the courthouse in Mt. Vernon is the place of find out > all the owners of a property in Aurora? I would like to know who was the > builder/original owner of my Grandmother's Bates house and who has owned it since > it was sold by her estate in 1956. When we were in Aurora in June, the > property was for sale, and we lucky to drive by it as a realtor was showing the > property. He let my brother and I walk through it. Of course, it has changed > considerably since 1956 but just walking through brought back so many memories of > the old home. The house was built I believe in the 1890s. My grandparents, > George K. and Loula Bates, owned the property from 1907 till she died in 1956. > > Thanks. > > Virginia Wilkerson Halterman > > > ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== > More Lawrence County information can be found at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~molawre2/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >