The copies included property and tax records, references to household payments, and a later document carrying transfer language.

One attachment was absent from the set supplied to us.

The clerk recorded the missing item rather than saying it never existed.

A change on a tax record was a useful date to compare, not a substitute for a deed or a judgment about ownership.

Daniel had written that on his request notes.

I read it twice while Evelyn signed for the copies.

Then we went to the Vance house with Marjorie’s permission to examine Julian’s stored records.