Larry... Great information. Curious of the date this took place and where? ~Blessings, Bev in Calif. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Thompson" <lt0168@epix.net> To: "Allegheny Mailing list" <paallegh@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 5:42 PM Subject: [ALL] Trusts > Hi group: > Can't find an estate record for an ancestor? You might want to consider > the possibility of a trust. In a trust the property is transferred to > the descendants via the trust. The trust document names the trustee. The > trust is recorded in the land records. I knew my ancestor, John > Forrester, owned property but I couldn't find a will or estate record. > So I checked to see what happened to his property and found the trust. > If the trustee is changed for some reason there will be another record > to document the transfer. > > Larry > -- > My genealogy page > http://twothompsongenealogies.com/ > Allegheny County Maps page > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lt0168/maps/ > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: > http://www.pagenweb.org/~allegheny/index.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Bev: The trust was established in 1848 in Allegheny City. Larry On 3/9/2014 9:21 PM, Beverly Morris wrote: > Larry... > Great information. Curious of the date this took place and where? > ~Blessings, Bev in Calif. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry Thompson" <lt0168@epix.net> > To: "Allegheny Mailing list" <paallegh@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 5:42 PM > Subject: [ALL] Trusts > > >> Hi group: >> Can't find an estate record for an ancestor? You might want to consider >> the possibility of a trust. In a trust the property is transferred to >> the descendants via the trust. The trust document names the trustee. The >> trust is recorded in the land records. I knew my ancestor, John >> Forrester, owned property but I couldn't find a will or estate record. >> So I checked to see what happened to his property and found the trust. >> If the trustee is changed for some reason there will be another record >> to document the transfer. >> >> Larry >> -- >> My genealogy page >> http://twothompsongenealogies.com/ >> Allegheny County Maps page >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lt0168/maps/ >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: >> http://www.pagenweb.org/~allegheny/index.htm >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.pagenweb.org/~allegheny/index.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- My genealogy page http://twothompsongenealogies.com/ Allegheny County Maps page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lt0168/maps/