Michael Helm writes: > > Since you have the probate record, can you tell me if there is any > > mention of Thomas Rankin's estate? He died 2-June-1841. His estate may > I have the 1826-1839 film of the administrator's docket. > THere're no Rankins in there. The date of the inventory probably > falls in the gap that I mentioned; anyway , there are no Rankin > inventories in the 1826-46 inventory film. I may have the 1840-? I looked in the next file, vol B of the Administrators Docket. While harder to read I didn't find any Rankins in the index. Didn't have time to examine the book (the indices have mistakes, the entries are usually in chronological order).