During the course of researching my wife’s genealogy I had discovered that one of her ancestors, Ferdinand Petri, had patented some land in the 1800’s. Guess what? The government comes to the rescue with a free web site where if you know the state in which the land was patented and the name of who [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Free Historical Land Patent Information
July 23, 2008googlee839f577f79ad372.html
July 2, 2008This is for google
More William Knickerbocker
July 2, 2008I love the Los Angeles Public Library. It’s a wonderful building and it has a HUGE genealogy section. It’s kinda of a pain to get there from where I live and, during the week, the traffic downtown is a nightmare. But the things you can find! Here’s a section from the book “HISTORY OF STEELE [...]
