Patricia Thanks, I'll give it a go after New Year Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia" <tpmcgill@bigpond.com> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 9:34 AM Subject: Re: [PJ] Land title searching > Christine > > You shoudl be able to get information of change of ownership from Land > titles office by requesting an historical search of the particular land in > which you are interested. Many of the deeds and documents relating to > land > in NSW when it was under the "Old System" title are now permanently lodged > with Land titles office (now known as Department of Lands). There is a > fee > for the search. > > Best wishes > Patricia > --Original Message ----- > From: "christine" <christine@romteckgrid.com.au> > To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 7:14 PM > Subject: Re: [PJ] Land title searching > > >> Hi all, >> >> You can actually buy all the disks from the land dept. You get a set of >> six >> and takes only about a week for delivery. I got all six but you can them >> singly if you wish.It is very interesting to see how suburbs and areas >> have >> changed over the years. >> >> 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 >> >> Have a safe and happy New Year all. >> >> Christine >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Rick Hull" <rick@bucketty.org> >> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:57 PM >> Subject: [PJ] Land title searching >> >> >>> G'Day all, >>> >>> Happy hunting for the new year to all. I just thought I would post a >>> link >>> to the Dept of lands website >>> http://parishmaps.lands.nsw.gov.au/pmap.html >>> which has historical maps online and included on the map is the property >>> owner. Have tracked down some ancestors old haunts but it can be time >>> consuming as you have to manually browse around each map (no name search >>> available) but if you know the parish name you can just browse the maps. >>> Also a parish name search tool >>> http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/name_search/extract?id=ujYbWyrXSX where you >>> can >>> type in the name of a town, river etc and obtain the details for parish >>> etc... >>> >>> Sorry if I am posting a link you all know about but I have been having a >>> great time checking out the old maps. I also worked out where "3 chain >>> road" (aka song title) originates. Most roads of the time were 5 chains >>> wide but smaller ones were designated as a 3-chain road. Amazing what >>> you >>> can learn by accident :) >>> >>> >>> Cheers all, >>> >>> Rick >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.1/1869 - Release Date: >> 12/30/2008 >> 12:06 PM >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.1/1868 - Release Date: > 12/29/2008 > 10:48 AM > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.1/1869 - Release Date: 12/30/2008 12:06 PM