I checked D. Wade HONE's "Land & Property Research," and the term "outs" is not used there in anything that I can find. Dick Hillenbrand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Wilson" <rfwilson@wimberley-tx.com> To: <DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [DMU] Outs and rods > > > How do I enter, or translate a measurement containing the terms "outs" and > > "rods" into notations that deedmapper can use. > > > > For instance, I have a deed that says "east 9 outs 5 rods". > > > > Has anyone encountered this terminology before, and if so, how did you > enter > > it? > > It appears that nobody has seen it before. I assume that the term is used > consistently in the description of the plat. Does the plat give the area > enclosed? Maybe there is a way to back into what the physical distance has > to be. > > Bob Wilson > Wimberley, TX > > > > ============================== > 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 >