What that means is township 11 north, range 7 west and it would be the 5th meridian. Were you in this area http://www.glorecords.com When you get there put in the Sec 35 and 11n and 7w and Independence for the county. Do not put in a name. This will bring up the people who owned land next door to your ancestor. 1859/07 is July 1859 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elmer T. Anderson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 11:03 AM Subject: [AR IND.] Land Records > Need a brief education on Land Records. Have an IndepCo > record that lists land for what may be my gg grandfather, plus > other land that could have been owned by two of his sons. > But, I do not know how to establish the approximate location > of the land. > > For example, William C. Anderson is listed as having 80 > acres. It is section # 35. Under "T," it says 11N and 7W > under "R." For the date, it says 1859/07. Can someone > define T (township ??), R and what the 07 after the year > means. > > And, most important, about where the land was located. My > Grandfather William was a blacksmith, also had a farm and > lived "outside" of Cord (Blackriver Township), I think toward > Walnut Grove since that's the post office address listed on > the census records. > > Thanks very much. Thurman Anderson. > > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library

Although the URL is actually www.glorecords.blm.gov this is a great idea. I tried it today and actually came up with an extra 80 acres that my gg-grandfather had purchased in 1860. The transcriber misread the name (although it was easy for me to recognize on the original document) so these parcels didn't come up in my name search. This is also a great resource to use in conjunction with the census. If you can't find your ancestor through a name search in the land records but have located them in the 1860 census or thereabouts (I found some land purchases dated after 1900), search on some of the names of those enumerated around them. If you find any of them, go back and search on the section, township and range and see if anything pops up (although I would leave out the section because that might narrow the search too much). Ok, you've found your ancestor in the land records now, but what do you do with this legal description of the land? You can buy topo maps from the US Geological Survey 888-ASK-USGS. Just give them the legal description and they can tell you which map(s) you need. My ancestors lived in Sidney and just south of Peter Martin Hill (don't know what that would be considered today) which are on 2 different maps (they are scaled at 1:24,000). I have a price sheet dated 11/1/99 that says the maps are $4 each with $5 s&h, so that may be outdated now. There's also a website http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/Webglis/glisbin/finder_main.pl?dataset_name=MAPS_L ARGE If you click on "conterminous U.S. map", you can zoom in and find approximately what map(s) you need. There is a list of maps available and you can order online. When you get your maps, go to www.outfitters.com/genealogy/land/twprangemap.html or www.geocities.com/heartland/hollow/3184/tipsland.html for an explanation of how to map out your land description. Now I just need to find out if I can trace the owners of my ancestors' parcels from present-day back to the earliest records. I doubt the parcels are still in the same configurations after 140+ years, but it would be worth a try. Robin in Richmond -----Original Message----- From: Ginger Turner [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 12:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AR IND.] Land Records What that means is township 11 north, range 7 west and it would be the 5th meridian. Were you in this area http://www.glorecords.com When you get there put in the Sec 35 and 11n and 7w and Independence for the county. Do not put in a name. This will bring up the people who owned land next door to your ancestor. 1859/07 is July 1859 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elmer T. Anderson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 11:03 AM Subject: [AR IND.] Land Records > Need a brief education on Land Records. Have an IndepCo > record that lists land for what may be my gg grandfather, plus > other land that could have been owned by two of his sons. > But, I do not know how to establish the approximate location > of the land. > > For example, William C. Anderson is listed as having 80 > acres. It is section # 35. Under "T," it says 11N and 7W > under "R." For the date, it says 1859/07. Can someone > define T (township ??), R and what the 07 after the year > means. > > And, most important, about where the land was located. My > Grandfather William was a blacksmith, also had a farm and > lived "outside" of Cord (Blackriver Township), I think toward > Walnut Grove since that's the post office address listed on > the census records. > > Thanks very much. Thurman Anderson. > > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com