HALIFAX GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

ORMOND BEACH, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FLORIDA

EST. 1992

We’re located by the Atlantic Ocean and Halifax River

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Speaker for October

Clyde & Kathy Stickney

Clyde and Kathy Stickney graduated from Florida State University with undergraduate and graduate degrees. They were bitten by the genealogy bug at the same time and have been researching their families for twenty-seven years. Both are graduates of the National Institute of Genealogical Research in Washington, DC, and the Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research. They have had numerous articles published in genealogical and historical magazines. Clyde and Kathy are active in their local genealogical society and serve on the FSGS Pioneer Descendant Certification Committee as reviewers and records administrators.

Program

Digging for Land Records

This talk begins with a summary of numerous benefits of land records. It explores the two basic ways to acquire land, and then zeros in on the second way: land deeds. We will discuss the steps in preparing land records; the various types of land records; the components of a land deed; some reasons a land deed may not be present in the record books; and the need for land indexes. We will provide several genealogical insights in land records (for example: determining family relationships, tracking migration, assessing wealth, and learning more about your family). The discussion ends with some resources for land records

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