Thanks Pat, I'll give that a try. I appreciate the help. Sandra On Sep 26 2006, kswyando-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Land Records (Pat Williams) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:10:11 -0500 > From: "Pat Williams" <genealogistgrrl@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [KSWYANDO] Land Records > To: kswyando@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <80ee46480609251310w77e5c916raef9e9abe64b0535@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi Sandra, > > I accessed late 1800 - 1910 land deeds at the Wyandotte County Court > House in downtown Kansas City, KS, during weekday hours. I can't remember > what the name of the department is, but I got pointed in the right > direction by the police officer and also by the woman in Vital Records. > > I'll give you a heads-up that the person at the front desk of the land > deeds department was not receptive to my search. I had to get nicely > insistent and then another person happened to come in who allowed me into > the back to access and search. It surprised me that they weren't used to > genealogists, as I often research elsewhere that really is prepared to > accommodate. There seemed to be real estate or mortgage agents in the > back with me who were also searching. They had two microfiche readers. > > They also seemed to know nothing about old land plats in that department > and I ended up having to go down to the lower level for that department. > Again, I cannot remember the name of the specific dept but think it was > something like Surveys. I was able to pay for both a copy of the deeds > that I wanted and was able to get a large copy of the old land plat. In > this case, it was for the Piper area. All was reasonable, around $2 per > set. Patricia > > On 9/23/06, Sandra <penner@rapfire.net> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Where would I find old land records from 1890's through 1950's for KCK? > > > > I will be in KCK this week and would like to know where to look. > > > > Thanks, > > Sandra > > penner@rapfire.net > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the KSWYANDO list administrator, send an email to > KSWYANDO-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the KSWYANDO mailing list, send an email to > KSWYANDO@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ To > unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSWYANDO-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. > > > End of KSWYANDO Digest, Vol 1, Issue 3 > ************************************** >