This is being forwarded for general interest in searching places Bill Mitchell Enterprise, Alabama ----- Original Message ----- From: The Mitchell Family <wlmit@snowhill.com> To: <Mylinda200@aol.com> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 9:18 PM Subject: Re: Bureau of Land Management > Mylinda > > This is a message I put on the Clarke County Bulletin Board and sent to > "casanda" > re BLM > > you may have already received it from some source or other. > > first step is find out name of person whom you wish to study > second find out the state and county > third search for the land description on the BLM site. > > they will ask your zip code. don't know why, but guess it is to see which > areas search the most. > > I just copy all of the land description and paste into a word processor. > > ( you probably know this, but if you are using windows / Internet Explorer > you can just do a Ctrl - A and select all. Ctrl- C to copy Alt tab to > switch to your word processor if open, and ctrl - v to paste to the page in > the word processor. I copy everything of interest then go back later to > "word process" and clean up the info -- off line -- later. ) > > (if necessary you can copy the actual image of the document or order the > document, but I just used it to find out all of the property of the > individual I was searching) > > Next, if you are really interested, either look on terraserver/microsoft for > preferably the topographic map by which you can locate the property. if > desired, a satellite view is sometimes available. > > I have searched off and on over the last year or so, and the availability is > getting better and > better. Topographic maps were not available. I had to order the maps and > scan them for areas of interest. now many topos are available on line. > > I am forwarding this below to you > if I can be of any help let me know. > ----------------------- > > http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ > > after you find out the sections and townships, then go to Microsoft > terraserver for a topographic map or satellite map of the area. > > http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ > > It takes some study and work, but it can be done. > > Bill Mitchell > Enterprise, AL > wlmit@snowhill.com > > > >