Inheritance Patterns in the United States, 1685-1980 / Carole Shammas.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 9443.

ICPSR ; 9443

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inheritance and succession--United States--History.

Inheritance and succession.

History.

United States.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1990.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This data collection was designed to study changes in American inheritance patterns over three centuries. Major areas of investigation include equality of treatment among children, legacies to sons versus daughters, estate planning strategies, treatment of spouse in will, women's testamentary power, charitable bequests, bequests to extended kin and non-kin, legacies of chattel, realty, and financial assets, and the naming of executors and guardians.

Contents:

Part 1: Wills: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1685-1756; Part 2: Wills: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1791-1801; Part 3: Wills: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1891-1893; Part 4: Wills: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1979; Part 5: Intestate Administrations: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1685-1756; Part 6: Intestate Administrations: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1791-1801; Part 7: Intestate Administrations: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1891-1893; Part 8: Intestate Administrations: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1979; Part 9: Wills: Los Angeles County, California, 1898-1900; Part 10: Wills: Los Angeles County, California, 1980; Part 11: Codebook for All Parts

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

OCLC:

61162704

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.