old documents

Italysearcher · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:24 am Post subject: old documents

While cleaning out my deceased father in laws papers we came across 200 years of land transactions, dating back to 1815.
A veritable treasure trove. Can't wait to go through them all, dirty as they are.

autumndivona · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:43 am Post subject: Re: old documents

What a cool find! Have fun going through them. May they be very useful!

nuccia · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:49 pm Post subject: Re: old documents

That's amazing. Are they all for Italian or North American (or other Country) transactions?

Italysearcher · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:28 pm Post subject: Re: old documents

All Italian, my husband thinks his ancestor was one of the largest landowners in the area at one time. I have been going through them and found one dated 1790.

nuccia · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:32 pm Post subject: Re: old documents

Very Nice! What do you plan to do with them all? Will you scan them and preserve the originals or donate them to a historical society or just keep them? I imagine you would want to preserve them someway, no?