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Narrowing down date of immigration from England to USA?
I do have a will and codicil for James Dugdale that might help identify them, but, unfortunately, I have been unable to read most of it because of the very tight handwriting (it is slanted remarkably far …
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Reading a will to get land information?
Modern-day references such as this article on Estate Planning also define legal terms that are still used today like codicil "a legal document that changes specific provisions of a Last Will and Testament … codicil] to this my last will I hereby give and bequeath to my' ... That's a codicil, a change added 8th of May 1833.
Also don't forget Stack Exchange itself when looking for other resources. …
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Interpreting names and abbreviations at the end of wills?
I realise this is an old question but as the correct answer has not yet been posted -
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Proved at London the 12t day of Febry 1817 before The Worshipful Richd
Henry Creswell Dr of Laws …
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Interpreting names and abbreviations at the end of wills?
I have been transcribing several wills over the last few months and am pretty much done. However, at the end of the wills, after the names of the witnesses there are letters that I think are shorthand …
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Determining relationship between James Stanford Scott and John Stanford Girdler?
The will was proved "with a codicil", but the codicil is not included in the Ancestry record. It may be worth trying to track down, as there may be some useful information in there. …