Two or three times in my research I have found that if a man sells property during the course of many years and his wife's name suddenly ceases to appear in the deeds of sale and there is no record of a privy examination, it has happened that the wife died after the last sale in which her name appeared. Brent Tarter The Library of Virginia [log in to unmask] Please visit the Library of Virginia's Web site at http://www.lva.virginia.gov To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html