Hi Gay, Yes, I was trying to be careful NOT to suggest relying on the roads (and hence the line and concession rights of way) to do the "through time" translation. Just driving around for a few years you can see how roads wander from their original course, particularly the major ones you would naturally try and use as reference points. I was thinking more of features like rivers and gullies which tend to persevere even through our more radical development changes. On the other hand I wonder how accurate the Historical Atlas Maps were in the first place. While the township layout was based on a grid pattern many of the the actual plans had "allowances" for areas where large parts of a grant would be unsuitable for agriculture. The result was a somewhat irregular grid. When it came to drafting up the Atlases I wonder if the publishers took account of all the deviations. I was just sampling in one I have to confirm that the grid patters are shown as being highly regular. I even saw one lot which was about 75% lake, and the remaining 25% land was split between opposite shores! And then to cap it off it had a name on it indicating someone had agreed to "develop" it for farming. For fish perhaps? Anyway, yes, it would be nice if SKS had already done the leg work, but if you are forced back on your own resources there should be some way of making an approximate connection. I can only wish you the best of luck, and urge you to enjoy the sense of accomplishment you will get when you figure it out! :-) Incidentally, as an after thought, I wonder how the town planners who published that by-law identify the lots and concessions? Have you thought of approaching them with your question? Malcolm Archive CD Books Canada Inc. President: Malcolm Moody PO Box 11 Manotick Ontario, K4M 1A2 Canada. (613) 692-2667 WEB SITE: http://www.ArchiveCDBooks.ca On 23 Jun, 2007, at 17:05, Gay King wrote: > Hi Malcolm, > Yes, I have been trying to superimpose the Historical Atlas map over a > modern day map of Peel County but I'm not sure I'm matching up the new > and > old roads. I have visions of driving around all day trying to find the > Burial Grounds and leaving without success! > I thought someone on the list would know where it was. > Thank you for your reply. > Gay > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-ONT-PEEL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Malcolm, I found your description of the surveys and how they treated 'obstacles' very interesting. I know in one census film I viewed the enumerator made a number of comments about a 100 acre farm being 1/2 swamp and the people were quite bitter about the shortcomings of their land. Yes, I think I will call the town on Monday. Thanks again for your help. Gay