Junel Davidsen gave a talk at the Santa Cruz Genealogical Society on Feb 7, 2018. Her talk was about Researching Local Land Records.
The lecture was about finding and using local land records. Local land records contain more than property descriptions, names of buyers/sellers and legal jargon. Records kept by local officials for hundreds of years hold a treasure-trove of information. Finding these records can reward researchers with biographical information, evidence of relationships, clues to migration and more.
Junel has made the handout she created available for downloading, not only at the Santa Cruz site, but also here. Having this file, which is full of hot links, is almost as good as being at the lecture!
To get the file, Click here.
Meanwhile, if you see Junel, perhaps Wednesdays at the FHC, give her a big thanks.
Monterey County Genealogy Society 