The city web site has a deed index. There is a charge for searching current deeds but if you click on the historic deed link it is free. Liz Harrison In a message dated 6/28/2010 1:12:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, geolocke@earthlink.net writes: Hello List. I am trying to find my way around researching Land Sales in the Philly area. I have a will of a great Ancestor from 1790, Susannah FOWLER, who asks that her "dwelling house and lott in South Wark" (Southwark) be sold and the proceeds divided equally among her six (6) grandchildren, named as follows: William Oakley LOCK; Benjamin Robinson TALBOTT, Susannah HOLGATE, Susannah DEVER (DAVER?), Mary Fowler SMITH, and Sarah FOWLER. Deeds for estate sales often hold clues to family ties, and I am quite familiar with researching grantor-grantee indexes in other states, but as of yet have not found the equivalent in Pa. I have visited The Pa Archives web site and have searched through the Patent Indexes, as well as the Warrant indexes, and I *think* I have the gist of things, but I am not finding a record for the sale of this lot in Southwark from the heirs of Susannah Fowler. Does anyone have any suggestions to help point me in the right direction? Thanks! -geo George F. Locke Researching the family of John Lock, of Philadelphia, abt 1700-1780 ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: h ttp://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAPHILAD ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAPHILAD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Do you have a link to the historic index? I have tried finding it without success. Thank you. --- On Mon, 6/28/10, LHTravellerRoots@aol.com <LHTravellerRoots@aol.com> wrote: The city web site has a deed index.  There is a charge for searching  current deeds but if you click on the historic deed link it is free.