maybe some one could help me.
I am trying to peice together a family, Hickman-Burton, then Hickman-Hawkins, then Hawkins-Smith.
I have some family members, Burtons and Hickmans in Monroe Co. Ala. Then I have some family in Mississippi and then the last part is in both states. Then there is Lowndes Co. Ala. and Lowndes Co. Mississippit. But when you get to land searches, the land is registared at Huntsville. Whats with the same names in Alabama and Mississippi. Even though in just a few years Miss. and Ala. were seperate states, was the land registered at designated sites, not by state?
Is there something I am missing here?
Where can I learn more about the nuts and bolts of buying the land, how it was sectioned off etc.?
Thanks for any help.
Joyce