Bethany, I like that. "...who was in possession of a housekeeper*...."* Quick Carl, run up to Canada and buy a wife. Rondina On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Bethany Waterbury < bethanywaterbury@gmail.com> wrote: > <Thank you to Elizabeth, Judy and Angela for pointing me in the correct > direction for defining pre-emption in 1839 in Michigan. It appears as > though the law in 1838 that Elizabeth referred to was a two year extension > of the law from 1830 which stated that the person purchasing the land had > to provide "proof of settlement or improvement," which was not further > defined in the 1830 act.> > > > > Bethany Waterbury > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >