“Apparently they had their builders business located there too”
Darn, there went all the tax records..... whew!!! What a blessing... I mean shame!!
Not sure the IRS would even take that as an excuse. We're getting audited on my MIL's estate, and now they're saying we owe $4K more for some gift tax back in the 1970's. There's no (affordable) way to fight them on something like that... she didn't leave any records that old.