Randy's explanation of a Quit Claim Deed is quite accurate. One absolutely must know they have part ownership, or more,  of the property.
Webster Legal Dictionary:  Quit Claim is a,  "Deed of conveyance operating  by way of release."
Release:  "Conveyance of the rights of one person to another who is actually in possession".

Another definition states, " a document transferring the interest a seller had in a property.  It does not quarantee that the seller was the sole owner".   Barbara Jean Evans, A to Zac, A Comprehensive Dictionary for Genealogists & Historians, 3rd ed. Hearthside Press: Alexandria (1950) pg 217.


Langdon Hagen-Long


<<Actually, a quit claim does not necessarily mean that
one doesn't know if they have an interest in a
property.  It is simply one renouncing any claim or
right to a property or possesion.  In most cases, the
individual would well know that they are part owner.
This instrument was and is frequently used to resolve
property received by right of inheritance or dower,
but re-distributed to other members of the family.
  -- Randy Jones  >>




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