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    1. Re: [AUS-Tas] More Lands Titles maps available through TAHO - AF396 series
    2. Mike Hurburgh via
    3. Thanks for letting us know Peter - do you keep a watch on the TAHO site? The comments I made a couple of weeks ago on the previous series released, also apply to this release - there are quite a few discrepancies, ommissions and errors in the descriptions. I presume the LINC search engine searches on the descriptions, so these mistakes are a bit disappointing. Note that the "landholders" referred to are often the original grantees and not necessarily the owners or occupiers at the time of survey. Most of the "maps" are actually survey plans, compiled from one or more actual surveys (the survey field books and the surveyors names are noted). Maps, to me, are printed/published documents, showing mostly topographical details. The series shouldn't have been titled "County Maps" as there is another quite different group of plans called "County Charts" used for a long time by both the Lands Office and the Land Titles Office as working plans to index cadastral surveys. I too have found the answer to one of my long term queries - the original New Town race course was on or adjacent to land owned by an ancestor, but I had found no description of its actual location. A close look at Buckingham 17 and there it is, plotted in its entirety (east of the Main Road through present day Moonah, between Albert Road and Derwent Park Road). Another plan shows the location of the grandstand. If anyone would like some help interpreting these plans and finding information from them I can offer some assistance - I have worked as a surveyor for many years, with experience in using plans such as these. -- Regards Mike Hurburgh --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

    01/15/2015 04:13:23