This page includes information about how to contact the Huguenot Society of South Carolina Archives: http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/repository/shrabdircharl.htm Jimmie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Timmons" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 4:51 PM Subject: [SC] Early SC records of property transfers when there are no qualified descendants? > Before around 1706, if you were not married in a state approved > church, you were considered not married, all your children were > considered illegitimate, and when you died, all your belongings > and property went to the State. This happened to many Huguenots, > including (according to handed down verbal stories) my 8th Great > Grandfather. You would think there would be a record somewhere > of that happening. > > Does anybody know what type of record source would be the place to > look for events like that (assuming the records have survived)? > > Ray Timmons > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > SC Archives: http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >