Daniel Sackett died in Troy, Rensselaer County, NY in 1845. After ordering images of his probate record from sampubco in the beginning of November (2009), I’m finally finished with the transcription.

Because I’ve worked for an attorney in a legal assistant/paralegal capacity for the past two years, I easily recognized many words, which in years past have been undecipherable:

Dead ends.
Lost records… And then the uncanny researcher who when she enters the library, walks the stacks and pulls out a treasure-filled book on a whim. That’s me, occasionally. I’m the obstinate snooper, and this is my genealogy hoard.