tat2guy said:
I like the idea on it being in Pa
Ha, ha, ha.

Laugh if you want, maybe sit back with Reb and have some popcorn and general coffee, but I wouldn’t be so quick to do it. You think PA is out of the question.........
A) The Beale Papers are a story about a man, Morriss, who unknowingly ended up becoming the executor of the will/wills of a party of men whose names he had never heard spoken and whose faces he had never seen.
B) Thomas “Beale” of New Orleans was a “register” of the courts, which depending on what type of court, what state, era, etc, those duties could also encompass the duties of the Clerk of Courts. But, just remember that he was a “register” of the courts.
C) In the Beale Papers we learn that Morriss, in 1862, selected another unknown to continue his efforts as executor of the will/wills that he was holding, just as Beale requested he do should it be necessary.
Hope you’re taking notes because you really need to so you can check a few things out for yourself, never beieve anything until you check it out for yourself. I believe you said your wife was an attorney so maybe she can help you out in the understanding of all the possibilities here. Are you ready? Here we go……
****Register of Wills****
“The Register of Wills is responsible for appointing personal representatives to administer decedents’ estates and for overseeing the proper and timely administration of these proceedings.”
Now you can confine your efforts to that same 127 year old local dirt if you want, or, you could start wondering why I’m interested in other "possible" locations.

PA, AL,.........hmmmmm........
