Thank you, Sue, for the valuable info! I remember reading that Ulster County's dower book still exists, but only recently found out the difference between "dower" and "dowery" - I always thought they were synonyms. I never saw the terms "admeasure" or "nuncupative", before, so thanks. And great job with those Ohio records. I'm glad you were able to intervene when you did.  Warmly, Julia --- On Fri, 1/15/10, goldsage@aol.com <goldsage@aol.com> wrote: ...you will find instruments that were filed by  women...  Sue