Today was Day 2 of the 6th Annual Genealogy Fair at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. I decided at the last minute to attend yesterday and had such a great time that I decided to return today. One reason was that, between attending topical sessions, I had a chance to confer again with the two archivists most familiar with Record Group 21 – the records of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Last fall and then again in January, I had reviewed some of the probate records for Levin Dukes, Sarah Dukes’ father, who died without a will in Georgetown in 1866. I looked at inventories, vouchers, accounts, advertisements for property sales as I tried to piece together the story of Sarah and her siblings’ guardians, first, their stepmother, and then a neighbor from Georgetown. More on that later.
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