Please fwd to Joyce Wans, also, John. Carroll I just subscribed to the L version as I have never seen that format & how it comes to the subscribers. I have always used the D version which I am currently subscribed to on my OTHER Juno accout the w7iml@juno.com one. Carroll. I don't know if you got this msg or not but thot I'd pass it on to you. Below: On Wed, 27 Jan 1999 11:31:30 -0800 Doris Crawford <dorisc@pacifier.com> writes: >I'm very new at sending messages and replying to messages. Please >forgive me if this not correct. I would very much like to thank Joyce >Wans and John Sloniker for their very informative answers to my query >on >Federal Land Records. > >I also believe in the "hands on" approach too in finding answers in >the >archives. I wish I could travel to all the courthouses and archival >facilities but I have way too many ancestors coming from all parts of >the country and a very limited budget. I think I had died and gone to >heaven if I got the treasure trove that Joyce got on her visit to the >Federal Archives. > >I guess I still have a lot to learn on land records. For one thing I >had thought since Cornelius MILLER had taken his family to Michigan >from >New York in the early 1830s that he was looking for something better >than he had in New York, meaning that he was broke. If I am correct >in >my research, his mother was a widow during his youth and living very >precariously (a relative sold her property back to her for $1 after >she >had originally lost it). So, I did not think he had any money and >would have gone to Michigan to get a start. But, he had $100 to buy >80 >acres! So, I guess I didn't know the difference between homesteading >and purchasing the land. Anyway, I appreciate all the help I receive. > >Thanks, Doris > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]