Tag: ancestry

• July 9, 2026

  Separating identities

  John Phillips in 1830 & 1840 BACKGROUND OBJECTIVE FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS Separating John from John Who is the 1840 John Phillips? Who is the 1830 John Phillips? Was John the father of William? PRELIMINARY CONCLUSION SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH Appendix BACKGROUND William Phillips (Abt 1785 – Abt 1865) was living in St Clair County, Alabama…
• June 22, 2026

  Alabama Dower Rights

  A very under appreciated tool in genealogy and misunderstood legal doctrine is the dower right. Long established in common law, it was codified as early as 1215 in the Magna Carta (in modern English): (7) A widow, after the death of her husband, is immediately and without any difficulty to have her marriage portion and…