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 > >