Alabama

Oh no! My Ancestor's Place was Buried by TVA!

Whenever I travel to a place where my ancestors lived, I search for the land they owned, rented, or possibly just worked on. This helps me see what environment they lived and worked in, and, especially if they were farmers, it gives me "context" for what their "everyday" life was like. Their land is not always easy to find, especially if it has the old "metes and bounds" descriptions prevalent throughout the original British, French, and Spanish colonies. But if they lived in a "public land" sta