Hi...is anyone more familiar than I with Deeds circa 1875? I downloaded 4 deeds from the Cuyahoga Co. Recorder's site, and have some questions. Deed 1) Grantors: John SIRL and Anna Maria SIRL Grantee: Joseph SIRL Sum of Transaction: $5.00 Property: 'part of lots 48 and 49, beginning in center of Lorain Street...' Deed 2) Grantor: Joseph SIRL Grantee: Anna Maria SIRL Sum of Transaction: $5.00 Property: same as deed 1 (above) Both Deeds 1&2 were dated the same (signed 14 June 1875, Received 17 June 1875, Recorded 26 June 1875) Deed 3) Grantor: Friederich EISENBEIS and Anna Maria EISENBEIS Grantor: Joseph SIRL Sum of Transaction: $1.00 Property: 'part of lot 3...bounded as follows' Deed 4) Grantor: Joseph Sirl Grantee: Anna Maria Eisenbeis Sum of Transaction: $1.00 Property: same as Deed 3 Both Deeds 3&4 are dated the same (signed 21 June 1875, Received 22 June 1875, Recorded 1 July 1875) Can anyone guess what was going on? Why the transfer of the same property from a couple to a 3rd party, and then back to the female (presumably wife) on the same day? And the 3rd Party (my ancestor) was part of 2 sets of transactions of this nature within 2 weeks.... If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them! Thanks, Kelly Moran moranfamilytree@hotmail.com

One reason might be that some of the area might have been rezoned, or one party needs an easement to access a piece of property, so all the lots had to be deeded differently. Sometimes if the county needed to put in a bridge or widen the streets this kind of thing would happen. Sandy On 26 Apr 2005 at 20:33, Kelly Moran wrote: > Hi...is anyone more familiar than I with Deeds circa 1875? > > I downloaded 4 deeds from the Cuyahoga Co. Recorder's site, and have some > questions. > > Deed 1) > Grantors: John SIRL and Anna Maria SIRL > Grantee: Joseph SIRL > Sum of Transaction: $5.00 > Property: 'part of lots 48 and 49, beginning in center of Lorain Street...' > > Deed 2) > Grantor: Joseph SIRL > Grantee: Anna Maria SIRL > Sum of Transaction: $5.00 > Property: same as deed 1 (above) > > Both Deeds 1&2 were dated the same (signed 14 June 1875, Received 17 June > 1875, Recorded 26 June 1875) > > Deed 3) > Grantor: Friederich EISENBEIS and Anna Maria EISENBEIS > Grantor: Joseph SIRL > Sum of Transaction: $1.00 > Property: 'part of lot 3...bounded as follows' > > Deed 4) > Grantor: Joseph Sirl > Grantee: Anna Maria Eisenbeis > Sum of Transaction: $1.00 > Property: same as Deed 3 > > Both Deeds 3&4 are dated the same (signed 21 June 1875, Received 22 June > 1875, Recorded 1 July 1875) > > Can anyone guess what was going on? Why the transfer of the same property > from a couple to a 3rd party, and then back to the female (presumably wife) > on the same day? And the 3rd Party (my ancestor) was part of 2 sets of > transactions of this nature within 2 weeks.... > > If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them! > > Thanks, > Kelly Moran > moranfamilytree@hotmail.com > > > > ==== OHCUYAHO Mailing List ==== > Please visit the Cuyahoga County GenWeb Website at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyaho/cuyaoh.htm > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >