Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Home Sales

2013-05-08 Thread Frederick Souza
My grandmother's house was sold out from under she and her sister in exactly the way described, and when the sister went back to claim what was hers, there was nothing left. I second Nancy Jean's response and add that records don't always tell the > whole story. Some emigrants simply left, hop

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Home Sales

2013-05-07 Thread Tomas Leal
I second Nancy Jean's response and add that records don't always tell the whole story. Some emigrants simply left, hoping to return, and family members--sometimes even complete strangers--used the abandoned properties as their own, if only to work the land. After a time, the "squatters" may fil