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...miles to work not by choice but out of necessity; cars were still a luxury. People tilled the fields because their farmer parents needed cheap help. People ate what they grew because it was there. Most labor was manual then, and most nutrients were natural. Preserved food was what Aunt Maud sealed in a jar. Tobacco and alcohol were available, but most of today's centenarians didn't indulge to excess...
...possible that you'll get lucky. Probably, though, you'll spend a lot of time and effort trying to learn what is essentially unknowable--your aunt's intentions and feelings toward you. You might take comfort from what you do know. Your aunt kept writing to you for years, possibly as long as she was able. The connection between you must have meant...
Unfortunately, you might also find yourself on a fruitless journey. If your aunt made a will and it was probated (recognized as official by the court), says Dennis Belcher, past chair of the American Bar Association section on probate law, most states would have required all heirs to be notified within 120 days...
...other counties in New Jersey, call the court clerk and explain your quest. Also call the clerk of the Florida circuit court covering the county where your aunt last lived. Be sure to ask whether she deposited a will; in Florida many people opt to deposit a will with the court, and many never reach probate...
...close relatives were nearby the nursing home when your aunt died, a will might not have been previously found. "Someone had to know there was a will," says Steve Burkett, an attorney in elder law and estate planning in Cherry Hill, N.J., who believes many such wills never surface...