Sue Ann, A plat book shows the shape and size of the land, the owners' names, the adjacent owners' lands and names, a legal description of the area covered by the particular plat, and sometimes, relevant notes. They may be government documents or commercially produced ownership maps, so different examples do different things, of course, but basically this is it. There's a really good, fairly new book out from Ancestry, Inc., called LAND AND PROPERTY RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES, by E. Wade Hone (about $50). Answers questions most of us haven't thought to ask yet. Your library should already have it; every library w/a genie collection should have it, and most serious researchers should have it. (Yes, Sue Ann, I do....) Good luck! --Brian **************************************** Sue Ann Sanders wrote: > > Sorry this isn't really related to FL, but it is a genie question.... > > A lookup volunteer found my Phillips family on a 1889 Wexford County > (Cadillac MI) Plat Book. > > My stupid question today is, what info is in a Plat Book? > > All she listed was their names and the page number. What all am I missing? > > Sue Ann > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Sue ANN Sanders Duval Co, FL GenWeb Coordinator > sasanders@wisc-dtp.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~flduval > Rootsweb Sponsor SANDERS, PHILLIPS, COPELAND, WALL > --------------------------------------------------------------