Bought mine today -Rick > > From: "Mary McCampbell Bell" <m.m.bell@verizon.net> > Date: 2004/06/21 Mon PM 12:17:51 EDT > To: DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DMU] RE: A book on Virginia surveying > > Steve, > I am so glad you enjoyed the book! I used it to teach in the week-long > advanced land platting class at Samford University as part of the Institute > of Genealogy and Historical Research, and it made all the difference in the > world for them to understand how the surveyors worked and some of their > techniques. We had a student who works in the surveying field and it was > neat to hear him say "This works! This actually works!" > > Some of the best information is in the footnotes so I have flags all through > the book to bookmark some of them! > > Mary > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Broyles [mailto:steve.broyles@comcast.net] > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 7:01 PM > To: DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: A book on Virginia surveying > > > I've just finished reading a remarkable book, one that I thought was out of > print but which turns out to be readily available (thanks Mary Bell!) > It's called "Surveyors and Statesmen: Land Measuring in Colonial Virginia", > by Sarah S. Hughes. > > This is an extremely detailed account (lots and lots of names and dates and > places) of how the technology of surveying evolved in colonial Virginia, how > the surveyors became men of standing and influence, the political struggles > in which they were involved, and how their jobs changed as the colony was > settled. I can't even begin to describe how much I learned from it! But a > warning is in order. It's written like a doctoral thesis and is packed with > so much information that it's a bit like my grandmother's fudge-- so rich > that a bite lasts a long time! > > You can order the book from the > > Virginia Association of Surveyors, > 8752 Landmark Road, Richmond VA 23228 > Voice: (804) 262-1351 | Fax: (804) 262-0511 > > The price is $25 plus a few dollars for shipping. > > Steve Broyles > > ______________________________ > > > ==== DEED-MAPPER-USERS Mailing List ==== > Send all messages and replies to <DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com>. > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > >