Marie Robinson wrote: >This may be a hard one to explain--along the bottom of the window border, >there are some fields or boxes for information from some of the program >fields. For instance, for me, on the left, it says: > >For Help, press F1 >next box the date of the highlighted tract shows >next box is empty >next box shows the information from the To field >next box is the area of the tract (sq ft) >next one empty >next shows NUM > >What field would show up in the second box? I would really like to have the >"Typ" or "Id" field information show up there. Can I control that? You are looking at the status bar and if you click on the Table View tab (just above the "For Help, Press F1" message), you will see highlighted the deed that is shown in the status bar. In the case of the 2nd field (empty in your case for this deed), it is the From entity of the deed. The fifth field (also empty in your case) and the sixth field (Num in your case) show the status of the Insert (OVRwrite) and Num Lock keys. However, I do not see that depressing the Insert key makes any difference in my installation although I never use it much anyway. You can find this under Status Bar when you press F1 to display the Help Index. Note that the content of some of these fields change depending on the View selected -- particularly the fourth field. As far as I know there is no way to select what is display7ed in the Status Bar fields except as noted above. Hope this helps - Lee Hoffman/KY TMG Tips: <http://www.tmgtips.com> My website: <http://www.tmgtips.com/lhoffman> A user of the best genealogy program, The Master Genealogist (TMG)

Yes, that's exactly what Bill said. It's the From field. And I finally did notice that it changes depending on the view. Thank you both. I must have been in Never Never Land when I last tried to monkey around with this field a few months ago--it's showing up just fine now if I put something in the From field. The tracts I map are all from the Commonwealth of Pa. or the Land Office so I never put anything in that field. I guess I can't control everything! Thanks everyone, Marie. >-----Original Message----- >From: Lee Hoffman [mailto:lhoffman@acm.org] >Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 8:18 PM >To: DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [DMU] Fields > > >Marie Robinson wrote: >>This may be a hard one to explain--along the bottom of the window border, >>there are some fields or boxes for information from some of the program >>fields. For instance, for me, on the left, it says: >> >>For Help, press F1 >>next box the date of the highlighted tract shows >>next box is empty >>next box shows the information from the To field >>next box is the area of the tract (sq ft) >>next one empty >>next shows NUM >> >>What field would show up in the second box? I would really like >to have the >>"Typ" or "Id" field information show up there. Can I control that? > >You are looking at the status bar and if you click on the Table View tab >(just above the "For Help, Press F1" message), you will see >highlighted the >deed that is shown in the status bar. In the case of the 2nd field (empty >in your case for this deed), it is the From entity of the deed. The fifth >field (also empty in your case) and the sixth field (Num in your case) >show the status of the Insert (OVRwrite) and Num Lock keys. However, I do >not see that depressing the Insert key makes any difference in my >installation although I never use it much anyway. > >You can find this under Status Bar when you press F1 to display the Help >Index. Note that the content of some of these fields change depending on >the View selected -- particularly the fourth field. > >As far as I know there is no way to select what is display7ed in >the Status >Bar fields except as noted above. > >Hope this helps - > >Lee Hoffman/KY >TMG Tips: <http://www.tmgtips.com> >My website: <http://www.tmgtips.com/lhoffman> >A user of the best genealogy program, The Master Genealogist (TMG) > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

This may be a hard one to explain--along the bottom of the window border, there are some fields or boxes for information from some of the program fields. For instance, for me, on the left, it says: For Help, press F1 next box the date of the highlighted tract shows next box is empty next box shows the information from the To field next box is the area of the tract (sq ft) next one empty next shows NUM What field would show up in the second box? I would really like to have the "Typ" or "Id" field information show up there. Can I control that? Thanks, Marie.

I can't tell you what you are doing wrong but I would suggest you go to table view and see what is displayed. I have a feeling you will find items 1 through 9 displayed. If this is true then delete items 1,3,4 6 7,8 and you will have the correct table view display. You can delete an item by highlighting the item in table view to be deleted then click edit>> click delete. Dale At 11:09 AM 10/17/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Hello all, >I am a brand new user and just trying to enter my first deeds. For some >reason, they are not entering in order of 1, 2, 3 etc. My first one is >item 2, the second is item 5, and the third one is item 9. What am I >doing wrong? Can you tell me how to correct this? >Thanks, >Nancy in Texas > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hello all, I am a brand new user and just trying to enter my first deeds. For some reason, they are not entering in order of 1, 2, 3 etc. My first one is item 2, the second is item 5, and the third one is item 9. What am I doing wrong? Can you tell me how to correct this? Thanks, Nancy in Texas

new subscriber to the list. I would love to plat several deeds using deed mapper, however I'm a mac user and do not own any pc emulation software. is anyone on-list willing to help out any? are there *any* future plans to cross platform? I know I asked the same question of the software co about 2-3 years ago... [answer: no] thanks. kirby in NC kirbz@northstate.net

Jim, Thanks for the tip! This helped. Jim Barrett Bedford, TX parino@flash.net Barrett Surname DNA Project Powell Surname DNA Project -----Original Message----- From: James F McConnell [mailto:jfmdem@juno.com] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 6:22 AM To: DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DMU] How to enter a plot I'm surprised at the difficulty of establishing orientation of plats. In my work with South Carolina plats I had no sense of an orientation problem even though most plats don't provide the north direction and even then you don't know if it was magnetic or true north. It was normal practice for the DS to label the metes and bounds of a line from left to right even when standing upside down relative to the page. If you simply pick a corner to the left of a label in the direction of writing (say N45E, 25C) and plot it you usually have the correct orientation. Sometimes clerks and surveyors made mistakes, so things don't always turn out right. Jim McConnell, jfmdem@juno.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Mr. Barrett, You are of course correct in saying that getting a new plat map would not correct the orientation problem. I understood you to say that the maps you are using with DeedMapper were not always oriented as up being north, and that's why I said what I did. I'm working just across the river in Elbert & Hart Co. GA, and those don't have a north arrow either. I have seen one on the occasional grant plat. Still, the direction of the lines will in fact tell you the orientation although knowing where to start is sometimes problematic. I usually start in the lower left corner and go clockwise, that corner being determined by the orientation of the name of the landowner. On most GA plats the name is inside the plat if it is big enough, and most are. Good luck on setting your plots, Barry Clark Fredericksburg, VA Mr. Clark, I believe what I said was that the plat maps, as recorded in the State of South Carolina plat books, do not indicate north on the individual plats, and that north was not always up on these plats. Obtaining another copy of the plat maps from the state would not correct this. Jim Barrett Bedford, TX parino@flash.net Barrett Surname DNA Project Powell Surname DNA Project

Marilyn, Thanks for the reference. I'll see if I can find it through interlibrary loan or on my next trip to South Carolina. Jim Barrett Bedford, TX parino@flash.net Barrett Surname DNA Project Powell Surname DNA Project -----Original Message----- From: Symonds [mailto:sysite@swbell.net] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 3:31 PM To: DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DMU] SC survey orientation A helpful book on this subject is Pett-Conklin, Linda Marie, Cadastral Suveying in Colonial South Carolina: A Historical Georgraphy. Louisiana State University, PHD 1986. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, c 1987. I obtained a copy through interlibrary loan. There is a discussion of compass orientations on plats. She says there were no official policies in SC - so the surveyor had great control. There is a section on compass orientations used by the surveyors. She says that in the earliest settlement, land was laid out within the spatial framework of the counties and afterward, the townships. Marilyn ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Mr. Clark, I believe what I said was that the plat maps, as recorded in the State of South Carolina plat books, do not indicate north on the individual plats, and that north was not always up on these plats. Obtaining another copy of the plat maps from the state would not correct this. Jim Barrett Bedford, TX parino@flash.net Barrett Surname DNA Project Powell Surname DNA Project -----Original Message----- From: dadster3@juno.com [mailto:dadster3@juno.com] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 6:42 AM To: DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DMU] Re: DEED-MAPPER-USERS-D Digest V03 #60 Mr. Barrett, You said that on your map up was not north. All the lines in a plat are given relative to north simply because the compass is magnetic. Most maps are oriented so that up is north, and I think DeedMapper makes this assumption. If your map isn't oriented properly, then you need to get a new map or turn the one you have so that up is north. Barry Clark Fredericksburg, VA

A helpful book on this subject is Pett-Conklin, Linda Marie, Cadastral Suveying in Colonial South Carolina: A Historical Georgraphy. Louisiana State University, PHD 1986. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, c 1987. I obtained a copy through interlibrary loan. There is a discussion of compass orientations on plats. She says there were no official policies in SC - so the surveyor had great control. There is a section on compass orientations used by the surveyors. She says that in the earliest settlement, land was laid out within the spatial framework of the counties and afterward, the townships. Marilyn

Mr. Barrett, You said that on your map up was not north. All the lines in a plat are given relative to north simply because the compass is magnetic. Most maps are oriented so that up is north, and I think DeedMapper makes this assumption. If your map isn't oriented properly, then you need to get a new map or turn the one you have so that up is north. Barry Clark Fredericksburg, VA

I'm surprised at the difficulty of establishing orientation of plats. In my work with South Carolina plats I had no sense of an orientation problem even though most plats don't provide the north direction and even then you don't know if it was magnetic or true north. It was normal practice for the DS to label the metes and bounds of a line from left to right even when standing upside down relative to the page. If you simply pick a corner to the left of a label in the direction of writing (say N45E, 25C) and plot it you usually have the correct orientation. Sometimes clerks and surveyors made mistakes, so things don't always turn out right. Jim McConnell, jfmdem@juno.com

It sounds like most SC surveyors did not bother to indicate a north orientation on their plats. I've done about 1200 plats in the Orangeburgh District and very, very few have north indicated. I have wondered though, if this is due to the surveyors leaving off the necessary notation or mark or was this something omitted by the clerks who made copies of the plats that SC researchers get to look at. I have not looked at very many original plats to find out....has anyone else working with SC plats seen many of the originals? And yes, this does leave you with many plats for which you cannot be certain of the orientation unless there are other clues...very frustrating at times! Even on the square plats, it can present a problem with trying to relate the plat to a stream or creek. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Barrett" <parino@flash.net> To: <DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 5:58 PM Subject: [DMU] How to enter a plot > I am working with plat maps for Greenville Co., SC. The plat maps shows > the lengths of the sides of a piece of property and the direction of the > side, but the plat does not show which way is north. The top of the map > is not north. When I am entering the description of the property should > I go clockwise or counter clockwise. > > > > Please check out the following two samples: > > 1. > > ! > > ! Abstracting info. > > ! Metes and bounds. "Beginning at..." > > Pt > > Ln W; 90C; > > Pt > > Ln N30E; 90C; > > Pt > > Ln S30E; 90C; > > End > > > > 2. > > ! > > ! Abstracting info. > > ! Metes and bounds. "Beginning at..." > > Pt > > Ln W; 90C; > > Pt > > Ln S30E; 90C; > > Pt > > Ln N30E; 90C; > > end > > > > Each sample will produce a triangle with three equal sides, but one will > point up and the other will point down. The only difference is whether > I recorded the data clockwise or counter clockwise. In some cases I can > tell which is correct based on the flow of streams shown on the maps, > but in many cases I can not. > > > > When trying to matches property together it makes a big difference. > > > > Thanks for any help and/or suggestions. > > > > Jim Barrett > > Bedford, TX > > parino@flash.net > > Barrett <http://www.flash.net/~parino/barrett-family-dna-project.htm> > Surname DNA Project > > Powell <http://www.flash.net/~parino/powell-surname-dna-project.htm> > Surname DNA Project > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

To those who have been working with South Carolina plat maps. Thanks for your replies. It is nice to know that I am not alone with this problem. Margaret and Lee, Thanks for your comments. Jan, The whole point of my example is to show that just because you know the length and direction of all three lines, you DON'T know the order. Each example has the same lines but a different order and if you enter the two examples into Deed Mapper you'll see that you don't get the same plot. No, I don't have a copy of the deed. If I did, I might know the order in which the sides were recorded and then I wouldn't have a problem. Jim Barrett Bedford, TX parino@flash.net Barrett Surname DNA Project Powell Surname DNA Project -----Original Message----- From: Jan E. Tripp [mailto:jan_tripp@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 7:05 AM To: parino@flash.net; DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [DMU] How to enter a plot Jim, If you only had a plot with just the lengths, you can't enter it into Deed Mapper. However, in your examples, you provided the lengths and their directions, so you DO know the order. If you had a scaled drawing without angles but "North" (or any other direction) was shown, you should be able to enter the description into Deed Mapper. You could record the property description either "clockwise" or "counterclockwise" and as long as it describes a closed area ("closes") and doesn't cross itself, you know it is valid. The last leg of a property description often contains the words "and to the place of beginning" which guarantees it "closes" to form an enclosed area. Do you have a description of your problem deed? Jan -----Original Message----- From: Jim Barrett [mailto:parino@flash.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 4:58 PM To: DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DMU] How to enter a plot I am working with plat maps for Greenville Co., SC. The plat maps shows the lengths of the sides of a piece of property and the direction of the side, but the plat does not show which way is north. The top of the map is not north. When I am entering the description of the property should I go clockwise or counter clockwise. Please check out the following two samples: 1. ! ! Abstracting info. ! Metes and bounds. "Beginning at..." Pt Ln W; 90C; Pt Ln N30E; 90C; Pt Ln S30E; 90C; End 2. ! ! Abstracting info. ! Metes and bounds. "Beginning at..." Pt Ln W; 90C; Pt Ln S30E; 90C; Pt Ln N30E; 90C; end Each sample will produce a triangle with three equal sides, but one will point up and the other will point down. The only difference is whether I recorded the data clockwise or counter clockwise. In some cases I can tell which is correct based on the flow of streams shown on the maps, but in many cases I can not. When trying to matches property together it makes a big difference. Thanks for any help and/or suggestions. Jim Barrett Bedford, TX parino@flash.net

Jim, My experience with plats in Laurens Co., SC (650 plats) is that a directional arrow (N-S) on the plat is seldom shown. As a result it is impossible to tell the orientation of the plat from the plat description. What occasionally works is to locate an adjacent plat (or plats) whose orientations is known and use it to guide you. Lee Adair************************************************* W. Lee Adair, Jr, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology University of South Florida MDC 7 Tampa, FL 33612 TEL: (813)974-9599 FAX: (813)974-5798 *************************************************

Jim, If you only had a plot with just the lengths, you can't enter it into Deed Mapper. However, in your examples, you provided the lengths and their directions, so you DO know the order. If you had a scaled drawing without angles but "North" (or any other direction) was shown, you should be able to enter the description into Deed Mapper. You could record the property description either "clockwise" or "counterclockwise" and as long as it describes a closed area ("closes") and doesn't cross itself, you know it is valid. The last leg of a property description often contains the words "and to the place of beginning" which guarantees it "closes" to form an enclosed area. Do you have a description of your problem deed? Jan -----Original Message----- From: Jim Barrett [mailto:parino@flash.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 6:50 PM To: 'Jan E. Tripp' Subject: RE: [DMU] How to enter a plot Jan Both examples are made up of the same three sides. If you know the sides, but don't know the order in which they were recorded, who do you know which plot is correct? Jim Barrett Bedford, TX parino@flash.net Barrett Surname DNA Project Powell Surname DNA Project -----Original Message----- From: Jan E. Tripp [mailto:jan_tripp@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 6:12 PM To: parino@flash.net; DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [DMU] How to enter a plot Jim, Your two examples appear unambiguous to me but they describe two different parcels. You should be able to describe either by going clockwise or counter clockwise -- it does not matter. You can describe the first parcel by "walking" the perimeter in a counterclockwise manner: Pt Ln N30W; 90C; Pt Ln S30W; 90C; Pt Ln E; 90C; Pt -----Original Message----- From: Jim Barrett [mailto:parino@flash.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 4:58 PM To: DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DMU] How to enter a plot I am working with plat maps for Greenville Co., SC. The plat maps shows the lengths of the sides of a piece of property and the direction of the side, but the plat does not show which way is north. The top of the map is not north. When I am entering the description of the property should I go clockwise or counter clockwise. Please check out the following two samples: 1. ! ! Abstracting info. ! Metes and bounds. "Beginning at..." Pt Ln W; 90C; Pt Ln N30E; 90C; Pt Ln S30E; 90C; End 2. ! ! Abstracting info. ! Metes and bounds. "Beginning at..." Pt Ln W; 90C; Pt Ln S30E; 90C; Pt Ln N30E; 90C; end Each sample will produce a triangle with three equal sides, but one will point up and the other will point down. The only difference is whether I recorded the data clockwise or counter clockwise. In some cases I can tell which is correct based on the flow of streams shown on the maps, but in many cases I can not. When trying to matches property together it makes a big difference. Thanks for any help and/or suggestions. Jim Barrett Bedford, TX parino@flash.net Barrett <http://www.flash.net/~parino/barrett-family-dna-project.htm> Surname DNA Project Powell <http://www.flash.net/~parino/powell-surname-dna-project.htm> Surname DNA Project ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Jim, Your two examples appear unambiguous to me but they describe two different parcels. You should be able to describe either by going clockwise or counter clockwise -- it does not matter. You can describe the first parcel by "walking" the perimeter in a counterclockwise manner: Pt Ln N30W; 90C; Pt Ln S30W; 90C; Pt Ln E; 90C; Pt -----Original Message----- From: Jim Barrett [mailto:parino@flash.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 4:58 PM To: DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DMU] How to enter a plot I am working with plat maps for Greenville Co., SC. The plat maps shows the lengths of the sides of a piece of property and the direction of the side, but the plat does not show which way is north. The top of the map is not north. When I am entering the description of the property should I go clockwise or counter clockwise. Please check out the following two samples: 1. ! ! Abstracting info. ! Metes and bounds. "Beginning at..." Pt Ln W; 90C; Pt Ln N30E; 90C; Pt Ln S30E; 90C; End 2. ! ! Abstracting info. ! Metes and bounds. "Beginning at..." Pt Ln W; 90C; Pt Ln S30E; 90C; Pt Ln N30E; 90C; end Each sample will produce a triangle with three equal sides, but one will point up and the other will point down. The only difference is whether I recorded the data clockwise or counter clockwise. In some cases I can tell which is correct based on the flow of streams shown on the maps, but in many cases I can not. When trying to matches property together it makes a big difference. Thanks for any help and/or suggestions. Jim Barrett Bedford, TX parino@flash.net Barrett <http://www.flash.net/~parino/barrett-family-dna-project.htm> Surname DNA Project Powell <http://www.flash.net/~parino/powell-surname-dna-project.htm> Surname DNA Project ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I am working with plat maps for Greenville Co., SC. The plat maps shows the lengths of the sides of a piece of property and the direction of the side, but the plat does not show which way is north. The top of the map is not north. When I am entering the description of the property should I go clockwise or counter clockwise. Please check out the following two samples: 1. ! ! Abstracting info. ! Metes and bounds. "Beginning at..." Pt Ln W; 90C; Pt Ln N30E; 90C; Pt Ln S30E; 90C; End 2. ! ! Abstracting info. ! Metes and bounds. "Beginning at..." Pt Ln W; 90C; Pt Ln S30E; 90C; Pt Ln N30E; 90C; end Each sample will produce a triangle with three equal sides, but one will point up and the other will point down. The only difference is whether I recorded the data clockwise or counter clockwise. In some cases I can tell which is correct based on the flow of streams shown on the maps, but in many cases I can not. When trying to matches property together it makes a big difference. Thanks for any help and/or suggestions. Jim Barrett Bedford, TX parino@flash.net Barrett <http://www.flash.net/~parino/barrett-family-dna-project.htm> Surname DNA Project Powell <http://www.flash.net/~parino/powell-surname-dna-project.htm> Surname DNA Project

Marie, Once I get the deed the way I want it, I can save the image file as a jpg and then in TMG I can go to the deed tag (assuming you use TMG, if you don't, I can send better directions) and attach that image as an exhibit to the tag. Then when I do a report, I will have: "Billy Bob bought land from Sarah Smith and Rex Allen on 27 Jun 1800 in the 14th Civil District of Rutherford County, TN. The following is a transcription of that deed..." Then the plot will show. This allows my reader to see what the plot looked like. I have one family that lived in KY from 1827 to the present. I have hundreds of deeds for this family, and I hope to someday plot them all out, to show how the land changed hands over the last nearly 200 years. It just makes for interesting reading. I followed this family in the tax records to see when land changed hands, and I am now looking for the corresponding deeds. For years when the deeds don't exist, I will be able to rebuild the plots that were sold, even without the deeds, since I will know what the plot looked like before hand and after. So say I know that a man had 200 acres in 1855 and 220 in 1857, I know that sometime between there he bought 20 acres. By plotting out his land in 1857 and in 1855, I will be able to tell what that 20 acres looked like, even if I am not able to find a deed for it. That might not really have any genealogical value, but it is pretty cool, and shows that you took the time to analyze the data. Now I really wish I had more time in the day. ;( Teresa Ghee Elliott For Rutherford County TN Cemeteries www.Rutherfordcemeteries.home-page.org For TMG sentences www.tmgsentences.home-page.org -----Original Message----- From: Marie Robinson [mailto:marie50@charter.net] Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 1:16 PM To: cheasa@BellSouth.net Subject: RE: [DMU] Purchase and use of DeedMapper What do you mean by "attach it to TMG"? That sounds intriguing. >-----Original Message----- >From: Teresa Ghee Elliott [mailto:cheasa@BellSouth.net] >Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 1:08 PM >To: DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [DMU] Purchase and use of DeedMapper > > >I found the list to be very helpful when I was having trouble with it. >My only problem is finding enough hours in the day to put the data in. ><G> I did have trouble with my deeds not closing, but I think that is >more a terrain problem, or user error than anything. Also I have yet >had time to play with it enough to be thoroughly proficient at it yet. >One thing I did like is that once I get the plot mapped out, I can >attach it to TMG so that my reader can see what the plot looked like. >This can be helpful when parts of land were sold off larger plots within >the family. Now does anyone have a solution to that time thing? > >Teresa Ghee Elliott >For Rutherford County TN Cemeteries >www.Rutherfordcemeteries.home-page.org >For TMG sentences >www.tmgsentences.home-page.org > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Derick Hartshorn [mailto:derickh@charter.net] >Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 6:25 PM >To: DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [DMU] Purchase and use of DeedMapper > >I haven't had any reason to contact the author. I haven't had any >problems I >couldn't work my way through. I have always had high hopes for this >program >and am pleased with its portability (i.e. text input). While there are a >few >difficulties (like trying to find the parcel with VIEW option), the >program >is a very reliable program which meets the goals of its design. > >My latest contact info is: > >Steve Broyles >Direct Line Software >71 Neshobe Road >Newton, MA 02468 > >Phone (617) 527-9566 >deeds@ultranet.com >Web: http://www.ultranet.com/~deeds > >--Derick > >----- Original Message ----- >From: " Frederick Powell Sr" <powell@closecall.com> >To: <DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 8:26 PM >Subject: [DMU] Purchase and use of DeedMapper > > >> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 10:07 AM >> Dee [mailto:deegib@charter.net] writes: >> >> "I want to buy Deed-Mapper, but have some questions before I order. >> I have tried for 3 days to reach them by phone and by e-mail, but >> cannot get an answer on the phone or an answer to my e-mails. >> This makes me REALLY wonder about the company. Can anyone give me >> any input? I was going to be the "guinea pig" for about 30 other >> people who were also interested in it depending on whether I like >> it and find it easy to use but who are also questioning now if >> they want it since we can't get our questions answered. Thanks >> for any input! >> Dee" >> >> To Dee and other interested readers: >> >> Having recently returned from a trip, this information/food for >thought >> response to the above inquiry doubtless arrives too late to be of any >> assistance in helping to determine whether to purchase DeedMapper. >Even >so, >> I believe my remarks might some day prove useful to someone. With that >in >> mind, I would like to point out to anyone planning to purchase and use >> DeedMapper that not all folks who purchase the product are able to use >it. >> >> While I am >> quite computer literate in Windows environments as well as DOS, I am >unable >> to use DeedMapper. Steve has many times walked me through >> inputting of data; corrected and edited my fledgling efforts to map >out a >> Duplin Co., NC community; made himself available to me via both e-mail >and >> telephone, and helped in countless other ways. >> >> The tutorial and sample were thoroughly studied and completed, at last >> count, nine times. To date I have >> been unable to map out my community. >> >> Another deeds mapping program has been purchased. I have mapped out >about >> twelve communities, verifying results at the local courthouse land >office; >> however, these are not metes and bounds deed calls, but a modern >surveyor's >> tool. >> >> I have no idea why I am unable to use DeedMapper. Certainly, I have >tried >> and do wish I could use the program. It is a loss to me to be unable >to >have >> permanent record of the location and size/shape of the ancestors' >lands in >> map form. >> >> In response to Dee's request for information, it seemed only fair to >write >> to express my experiences with DeedMapper, albeit a late reply. >> >> Fran Powell powell@closecall.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ============================== >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, >go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >