The following teaser is from a very interesting article, written by Carrie Kirby and posted in the November 11, 2015 online edition of the Christian Science Monitor. Check it out!
Thinking about Shakespeare’s seemingly odd bequests made me realize that what people list in their wills says a lot about what they value.
So when Ancestry made a searchable database of 170 million will and probate documents available to its subscribers, I eagerly dove in. Of course, most Ancestry members use this information to learn more about their family members; the site touts these records’ value in particular for African Americans searching for family history, since wills from the slavery era may name their ancestors as property.
