My ancestor, John Smith, lost his farm in London Britain township in 1831, when the creditor foreclosed on a mortgage. What court would the judgement have been made in, adn wehre would I find the record of it? The deed mentions a date the mortgage was taken out, about 1804 or 1805. It is as much a mystery as anything else about Smith finances. I want to know what was its purpose. The way I've got it, the Smiths came penniless from Ireland some time between 1787 and 1797, worked for a time for a local large farmer, bought 30 acres of land in London Britain township in October 1797, and paid cash for it, which must have been all the cash that they had, since excavation of the house that contains their original little log cabin, shows that they spent their first winter living in the half cellar of their unfinished log cabin, using a temporary fireplace int eh corner, while they were building it, though they had a newborn baby and a one year old child. John Smith was a weaver, and was taxed for his land, a cow, a horse, and his loom, and principally for the loom. I want to find out what was the purpose for the mortgage in 1804/5. I want to know whether to look for a small bequest from family back in Ireland, or a large loom among the Smiths' baggage on the ship from Ireland, as the explanation of how they were able to buy that land so quickly when they were penniless and employed as servants. If they purchased teh loom in 1804/5, then probably they didn't bring it from Ireland. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/