Hi Dale: As for tracking the property by owners - perhaps I wasn't clear. You must move through the deed indexes name by name - from seller to buyer to seller, etc. I've never yet researched in a metes & bounds state that lists any type of legal description in the indexes - once again I'm not saying there aren't some out there but out of 8 or 10 states I've searched in I've never seen anything except names. It's the public domain states that have tract books with legals. Linda > > From: D Cordner <dacordner@yahoo.com> > Date: 2004/03/03 Wed AM 10:57:23 EST > To: DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DMU] Thanks to all of you who helped > > I've also had success writing a form letter to title search companies in the county. Sometimes they can provide you with an link to a county property tax map for not too much money. In township range counties in east KY I was able to get 2 or 3 for about $30 each. > > Linda is suggesting you do your own property tax search, that works well if the deed books are indexed for multiple years and/or a property description is included in the index. > dale > > Linda Haas Davenport <lhaasdav@cox.net> wrote: > The only way I have ever been able to locate property in > metes & bounds states is to track the property from owner to > owner. When I'm at the current owner I ask the Property Tax > Assessors' office where the property is located on the > present platt of the county. You can use the deed indexes to > track owner to owner. > > As for the court records - if you mean the land records see > above. If you mean other types of records it depends on what > type of record you are interested in. Things like land > records, marriages, wills, probate, etc., etc., usually have > indexes and you should consult those first. > > Linda > homepage: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas > MarionCoAR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ > TulsaCoOK: http://www.rootsweb.com/~oktulsa2 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Annette Towler" > To: > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 8:25 PM > Subject: RE: [DMU] Thanks to all of you who helped > > > | Does anyone have any clues as to how to transfer KY meets > and bounds > | records to actual finding the property in the county? > Campbell Co., KY > | > | I know by census records etcs it is by Cold Spring, > Campbell Co., KY but > | how do I translate this to finding the court records. > Any hints would > | be great. 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