Thanks Gary for that information. Kath C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Luke" <gary@feraltek.com.au> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:51 PM Subject: Re: [PJ] Land title searching > At 02:14 PM 31/12/2008, you wrote: > > > There is a fairly new web site for NSW property information - > www.six.maps.nsw.gov.au > SIX is an acronym for Spacial Information Exchange > > It's complex but worth browsing around, and struggling with its > systems. There are sections where you can overlay transparencies of > aerial photos over the original parish maps, or choose current > deposited plan references .... and more - street directories, LGA > boundaries - find the current DP or Torrens Tile reference for an > address, then zoom in on a transparent overlay of a 1949 aerial > photo. The section called Search takes you to where you can look up > the Land & Property computer database, or place an online order for > various types of documents. The Deed search by name finds Powers of > Attorney and other types of registered agreements. > > It's become difficult this last year to do some types of property > searches at the Macquarie St Lands office because they have been > taking large batches of folios off the shelves for digitising. This > web site is one of the results. > > Old System titles have not been digitised but you can order a copy > via the Search section. Most of their paid copies are around $10, the > same cost they charge for photcopies at Macquarie St.. > > > Gary > > ================= > > >>Does anyone know if you can get details from the lands dept that follows >>the >>title changes through to say about 50 years ago? >>Especially on original land grants from the early 1800's > > > > _________________________________ > Gary Luke ~ gary@feraltek.com.au > Sydney, Australia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >