Lyle   Thanks for the vote of confidence.   Don’t we all wish there were genealogical survey maps!  I’m sure that you meant geological survey.   My dad and I bought a couple topographical maps at James and Law back in the 1950s.  They were multicolor well printed maps maybe 30 inches square.  I’m sure that they were the United States Geological Survey (USGS) maps vintage about 1905.  They had little black squares representing houses and barns.  There were cross symbols indicating cemeteries.  I think a black square with a cross on it indicated a church and a black square with a flag on the top was a school house.  There were various symbols indicating Jeep trails on up to paved roads of varying degrees of complexity.  We used the maps to locate the highest hills in various locations.  Then on a Sunday afternoon we would hike to that hill top and stick a pole in the ground with a white piece of cloth tied to it.  The crowning event for the days hike was then to get back to the car and be able to see the flag from a long distance away.   I have never seen an actual farm line map, only electronic copies.  I suspect they are too big to be scanned easily.    A friend of mine bought a portable scanner which will copy a continuous strip about 8 inches wide.  It had software with it to “stitch” together the strips to form a seamless larger image.  I have never used them or seen the results.    It sounds like that is what is needed to copy the maps you have and larger maps at the library.   If no one locally has that equipment and software program, that might be a good investment for the HCGS.   We should all focus on making the maximum amount of information available to the maximum number of people.   This is particularly important to those of us like me who live out of the area and can’t visit our genealogy buddies in person or get to the library.        Dave Kuhl 210 Glen Eagles Drive Ocean Springs, MS 39564-9041 e-mail: dbkuhl@bellsouth.net ________________________________ From: "Wvlyle@aol.com" <Wvlyle@aol.com> To: hcgs@rootsweb.com; HCGS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, October 12, 2012 4:41:11 PM Subject: Re: [HCGS] Finding farms on the farm line maps Good job David:  Also, the maps I have match exactly with the  genealogical survey maps for the area.  I think they even have the same  name.  The survey maps usually show cemeteries.  So, take both maps,  put them side by side and you may find the location of a cemetery for which you  have been looking.  Lyle Corder In a message dated 10/12/2012 14:44:23 Eastern Daylight Time,  dbkuhl@bellsouth.net writes: conduct  a systematic search to find the  location ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HCGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message