Description & Citation--Study No. 9443
Bibliographic Description |
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Study No.: |
09443 |
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Title: |
Inheritance Patterns in the United States, 1685-1980 |
Principal Investigator(s): |
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Funding: |
National Science Foundation. Law and Social Sciences Program (SES-8208620) National Endowment for the Humanities (RO-20466-83) |
Bibliographic Citation: |
Shammas, Carole. Inheritance Patterns in the United States, 1685-1980. ICPSR09443-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1990. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09443.v1 |
Scope of Study |
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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. |
Subject Terms: |
eighteenth century, estate planning, financial assets, historical data, inheritance, legacies, nineteenth century, seventeenth century, twentieth century, wills |
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Date of Collection: |
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Data Types: |
event/transaction data |
Data Collection Notes: |
Marylynn Salmon, University of Maryland, Department of History, and Michel Dahlin, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, Department of History, collaborated with Carole Shammas in the preparation of this data collection. |
Methodology |
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Data Source: |
Probate records (wills, administrations, and inventories) for Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Los Angeles County, California |
Access and Availability |
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Note: |
Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest. |
Original ICPSR Release: |
1990-12-04 |
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