Hi Donna, Yes, you are absolutely right. In Monmouth County the deeds for auctioned property do note the name of the property owner, and often the name of the plaintiff and the nature of the case as well. The problem is that the deeds for auctioned property are typically indexed with the Sheriff's name as grantor, not the property owner. For example, if Thomas Kirby's property was confiscated and sold by Sheriff Daniel Hendrickson to John Smith, then Sheriff Hendrickson, or Daniel Hendrickson, is listed as the grantor and John Smith as the grantee. Unless I came across a levy against the property in the court records, I would not know that the property had anything to do with Thomas Kirby. Once in a while the property owner is listed as grantee along with the sheriff, but I have found this to be the exception, not the norm. Susan -----Original Message----- From: der@redrose.net <der@redrose.net> To: NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com <NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 8:03 AM Subject: Re: Fw: [NJMONMOU] 1780 tax ratables Hi Susan, >his father Thomas were taken to court for an unpaid debt, their >property might have been confiscated >and sold at auction, in which case the deed would be recorded under >the sheriff's name and not the >original property owner's name. I really appreciated your excellent response to the above question. I do have a question on this one, however. In Pennyslvania, even if property were sold by sheriff's auction, the name of the property owner is still mentioned. Is that not the case in Monmouth County? I have seen the same thing in Bergen County, NJ - another area where my ancestors settled - the property owner was indeed mentioned. Regards, Donna Ristenbatt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ der@redrose.net Visit: ON THE TRAIL OF OUR ANCESTORS http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ships' Lists, PA and Mennonite Research Corner, Dutch Research Corner, Cemetery Lists, Rev. War Loyalists, Finding a Civil War Ancestor, Many Surnames and More!