Property records are kept at the Registo Predial, i.e what we call the Registry
of Deeds in Massachusetts. but these are only current IF estates have been
probated.
I have situations in my own family where properties were inherited/deeded by
common agreement of the heirs without probating the estate and recording new
deeds. This went on for 4 generations. You can imagine the difficulty when one
of the 4th generation heirs decided to sell his share of the inheritance. It
cost a fortune to clear the title through 4 successive generations. The
important thing is to start the process long before you go to the Azores.
Nothing is going to get resolved in two weeks time including obtaining
documents.
John
On Friday, September 4, 2015 11:55 AM, manita.morgado
<[email protected]> wrote:
Yes, that title is correct ... LAND RECORDS
One of my goals for my upcoming trip to Sao Miguel is to locate some land
records with the name of my paternal great grand mother who left lands to her
children. Such is clearly indicated in her death record. She died in 1944. I
know that the land is located in outskirts of the Vila da Povoacao. My goal
is to find those land records so that I can determine HOW she got those lands.
We believe her dad gave it to her as a gift, but I heard from another family
member that her and her husband purchased it and that it was not a gift. I
want to solve this mystery.
I am meeting someone there to help me navigate the system, but I want to come
prepared with all the information I could possible have to make that visit as
productive and successful as possible.
Does anyone here on this list have any advise and/or ever had to do such
research for land records in order to gain more information on their family
members?
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