Steve, Can go to The N.C.State Archives on line, pull up Mars Catalog. Once loaded it will show where record are. Go to bottom of page and click on State records, go back to top and enter persons name Then it will show several places where info may be found. Will not show full contents of record but will give persons name,amount of acres, location and cost. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve E" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [NCCUMBER] Help with deed Why don't you contact the NC Dept of Archives and History and have them print out a copy for you? They can then send it to you. I don't know what the cost is because I lived about a mile from the archives so I go and find a deed if I want it. Their web address: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/ Fran wrote: >[email protected] wrote: >It seems you've got some abstracts below. It's always a better idea to >go to the original deed and read it ALL. There are lots of little, >possibly important, details in a deed that an abstract omits. In doing >so you'll have the call numbers of the property so that you can compare >them to call numbers in a later different deed—that way you could >possibly connect separate generations of the same family. > > >Steve, thanks for the information contained in all of the replies you >sent out yesterday. I believe the above summarizes the information you >have sent, so I will not reply to each individual email. > >I thank you for your time and input and have decided you are 100% >correct: to unravel this puzzle I will have to order the deed. I had >hoped someone online might have a copy to scan and send but that is not >what I asked for and it has not happened. > >Thanks again. > >fran > > > > > >>3 Nov 1845-G.W.Melvin, Esq. high Sheriff To John O. >>Daniel...execution-Coll McDougal & others-Charles ONeal-200A >>Wit: Durum Lewis. Feb Term 1846. H.H.Robinson, Clk >> >> >> > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

[email protected] writes: Can go to The N.C.State Archives on line, pull up Mars Catalog----- I, too, will give that a try, Bob. Thanks. Fran Subject: Re: [NCCUMBER] Help with deed Steve, Can go to The N.C.State Archives on line, pull up Mars Catalog. Once loaded it will show where record are. Go to bottom of page and click on State records, go back to top and enter persons name Then it will show several places where info may be found. Will not show full contents of record but will give persons name,amount of acres, location and cost. Bob ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message