drawing old deed plots from deed descriptions

[Mark Fields]

I've gotten some copies of old deeds from Pendleton County, KY where some
ancestors owned some farms.

I'm looking for software to plot out these descriptions. Is there anything
available that is low cost and works well for genealogy hobbyists?

Mark

[Rich Bitting]

If you have MS Excel, I've created a spreadsheet that will create a bitmap
file of the surveyors course that you type into the spreadsheet. It's
pretty crude, and not "user friendly", but if you are interested I will
email it to you with instructions.

Rich


"Mark Fields" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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I've gotten some copies of old deeds from Pendleton County, KY where some
ancestors owned some farms.

I'm looking for software to plot out these descriptions. Is there
anything available that is low cost and works well for genealogy
hobbyists?

Mark

[T.M. Sommers]

Mark Fields wrote:

I've gotten some copies of old deeds from Pendleton County, KY where some
ancestors owned some farms.

I'm looking for software to plot out these descriptions. Is there anything
available that is low cost and works well for genealogy hobbyists?

If you mean the metes and bounds (such as "starting from a point
X, go Y feet in direction Z ..."), then a protractor and a ruler
should give good enough results for your purposes.

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Thomas M. Sommers -- [email protected] -- AB2SB

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"Mark Fields" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

I've gotten some copies of old deeds from Pendleton County, KY where some
ancestors owned some farms.

I'm looking for software to plot out these descriptions. Is there
anything available that is low cost and works well for genealogy
hobbyists?

Mark

There's a program caled "Metes and Bounds" available for Windows and Mac you
could look at. I've never used it, but know it's out there.

http://www.tabberer.com/sandyknoll/more ... metes.html

Kevin

[Hugh Watkins]

T.M. Sommers wrote:

Mark Fields wrote:

I've gotten some copies of old deeds from Pendleton County, KY where
some ancestors owned some farms.

I'm looking for software to plot out these descriptions. Is there
anything available that is low cost and works well for genealogy
hobbyists?


If you mean the metes and bounds (such as "starting from a point X, go Y
feet in direction Z ..."), then a protractor and a ruler should give
good enough results for your purposes.

which is how they did it in those day
use divederswith two points to transfer measureamnts

paper changes its size with humidity

so <--- measurement ---> like engineering drawing

Hug W


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[Mark Fields]

"T.M. Sommers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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If you mean the metes and bounds (such as "starting from a point X, go Y
feet in direction Z ..."), then a protractor and a ruler should give good
enough results for your purposes.

The deed I'm looking at gives the survey in terms of degrees and poles. One
thing that makes it difficult is the refer to part of the property line as
being down the center of a creek.

Mark

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[singhals]

Mark Fields wrote:

I've gotten some copies of old deeds from Pendleton County, KY where some
ancestors owned some farms.

I'm looking for software to plot out these descriptions. Is there anything
available that is low cost and works well for genealogy hobbyists?

Mark

(G) I know you know all about protractors and all that, but
what you're probably looking for is DeedMapper.

And to find your creek, try the GNIS or the Terraserver or
even GoogleEarth. Pick up the lat/lon from there, put it in
DeedMapper, and finish the input.

There used to be a shareware trial version of it around, but
it probably won't work on XP or Vista. It isn't pricey though.

Cheryl

[T.M. Sommers]

Mark Fields wrote:

"T.M. Sommers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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If you mean the metes and bounds (such as "starting from a point X, go Y
feet in direction Z ..."), then a protractor and a ruler should give good
enough results for your purposes.

The deed I'm looking at gives the survey in terms of degrees and poles.

A pole is the same as a rod: 16 feet. Unless otherwise
specified, the degrees should be degrees from magnetic North, in
a clockwise direction.

The survey should give a starting point. It will then give the
direction and length of each segment of the perimeter of the lot.
So if it says "43 degrees, 10 poles", just mark off a line 43
degrees east of North 160 feet long.

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[Mark Fields]

"singhals" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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(G) I know you know all about protractors and all that, but what you're
probably looking for is DeedMapper.

And to find your creek, try the GNIS or the Terraserver or even
GoogleEarth. Pick up the lat/lon from there, put it in DeedMapper, and
finish the input.

There used to be a shareware trial version of it around, but it probably
won't work on XP or Vista. It isn't pricey though.

Cheryl

Yes, I could use a protractor and so forth but a program is what I am
looking for. A great great granduncle had farmed his entire life and bought
numerous properties from 1892 to 1936. From his death notice I understand
he had acquired about 1000 acres in many parcels. Some were connected. He
died intestate and the real estate was inherited by nieces and nephews, with
some properties being sold.

I want to reconstruct (by map) what he owned at the time he died in 1944.

If anyone has used Deed Mapper it would be great to have a review of it
posted. If the shareware version is available to try it would be nice to
get a copy.

Thanks,

Mark

[T.M. Sommers]

T.M. Sommers wrote:

A pole is the same as a rod: 16 feet.

I have been informed off-list that the actual value is 16.5 feet.

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