Category: Who Were Joseph’s Parents?
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The benefits of genetic tests
Well, after corresponding with another Phillips member, it has been determined that Thomas Phillips who married Viney Box is not a child of William and Sarah. They appear to be in another family group. Still, this isn’t negative news, but it does separate the two families and limits what I’m going to have to research
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How to use Google Earth with genealogy
2020 update – I’ve discovered overlays! I plan on producing some content on how to use google earth to track relatives. Well, I’ve stumbled on a “new” (I use quotes because I’m sure that someone else has thought of it) tool to use with genealogy. When looking at deed records, they can be very…
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New strategy
OK, I’ve exhausted all the deed records and haven’t found much, if any, indication of where William and Sarah came from before Alabama. Now I’ve found a new place to find the rest of the land records, and hopefully it will have the location that William bought the land from and that will zero-in on…
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Dower rights
What’s entailed in dower rights in Alabama? I understand the basics: the wife was entitled to roughly 1/3 of the estate of the husband in case he dies, or if she gets a better deal in the will then she can take that. That’s easy enough to understand, but when does the wife have to…
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New William Phillips sighting…
Well, just traveled to the LDS center today, and looked over the White County Deed Index for the early 1800s. William Phillips and a sheriff named William Phillips are both listed in the early deed books. If we find that the non-sheriff is gone about 1808, then we have a match with the William Phillips…
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Finally an explanation
After discussion with Wayne Gregg, I have come to understand that deed records in Alabama that come from the GLO/BLM are a 5 year process, therefore when William bought land in 1824 that means he was living in Alabama for at least 4 years, and that means that the William in Shelby County in 1819…
NorthEast Alabama Families 