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The Guide to Locating Heirs in Texas

Unless a family is exceptionally good at keeping track of relatives, locating heirs and beneficiaries for a recently deceased family member's estate can be a time consuming and difficult task. Sometimes a death is sudden or extenuating ...
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County Clerk Office Glossary: Terms You Need to Know

You know what information you need, but sometimes the terminology used to find public records can make it difficult to ask for or find what you’re looking for. Without an understanding of the terms used by the office, your search may be ...
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Downloading and Emailing Real Property Documents From CourthouseDirect.com

CourthouseDirect.com was created to empower members to locate and utilize documents and records from 131 counties throughout Texas. All types of county records are included in our electronic database, which is one of the most comprehensive ...
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Navigating CourthouseDirect.com’s Texas Data Coverage

CourthouseDirect.com’s Texas Data Coverage is one of the most comprehensive resources for document research in the entire state. With a wealth of image documents, grantor/grantee records, and more, our goal is to simplify the research ...
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Top 5 Topics Discussed During Our Grantor Grantee Index 101 Webinar

  • CourthouseDirect.com Team
  • 10/22/2014
  • Surveying
Earlier this summer, CourthouseDirect.com conducted an informational webinar about grantor/grantee index essentials. During this session, our team covered the significance of these indexes and showed clients how to use the features of our ...
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The Courthouse Researcher’s Toolkit: What You’ll Need

From genealogists tracking family history, to landmen doing research on the job, researching records has been one of the main functions of county courthouses around the nation. However, people are moving from the courthouse to their laptop ...
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7 Tips to Make Your Courthouse Research Easier

Genealogy is a fascinating treasure hunt that can lead to exciting discoveries about family history. Tracing a family tree takes time, patience, and resourcefulness. Many records are available online, but inevitably, your search will lead ...
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Take Your Genealogy Search to the Next Level

There is something incredibly interesting and rewarding about conducting a genealogy search. It allows you to get in touch with your past, encounter stories you never knew existed, and preserve history for future generations. With the rise ...
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CourthouseDirect.com Tips and Tricks: Searching the Title Plant Pt. 2

For title agents, landmen, appraisers, and other land professionals, accurately tracing ownership history requires a search and review of court documents. In the past, this involved trekking to the courthouse, often wasting half a day or ...
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