The Weekly Genealogist Survey, September 27, 2023

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* 1. This week’s survey asks about house and land occupation over multiple generations. Please choose all that apply.

I live (or used to live) in a house or on land occupied by between one to four previous generations of my family.

I live (or used to live) in a house or on land occupied by five or more previous generations of my family.

I know of at least one instance of a house or land being occupied by one to four previous generations of my family.

I know of at least one instance of a house or land being occupied by five or more previous generations of my family.

I purchased a house or property that had belonged to an ancestor or relative before being sold out of the family.

A relative purchased a house or property that had belonged to an ancestor or relative before being sold out of the family.

I have not lived in a family house or on land occupied by more than two generations, and I am not aware of any houses or land that was occupied by at least two generations of my family.

Call for stories! Do you have a story about a house or property being purchased by you or another relative after it was sold out of the family? If you do, and you’d like to share the tale in American Ancestors magazine, please email a brief account (no more than 200 words) to magazine@nehgs.org.