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