Hi Caroline County Rooters, At the Maryland Genealogical Conference in Salisbury last week, Rocky Rockefeller with the Maryland State Archives announced a new endeavor being undertaken. The Maryland State Archives are currently posting all old and new plat maps found in county record books. He gave us the user name and password "Plato" and "Plato#" (password is just Plato with a # sign after it). I suspect they haven't made a widespread announcement because the project is not complete and they do not have the staff to answer a lot of questions. It is easy to use. Try it... Go to www.mdsa.net Click "Reference and Research" Scroll down and click "Plats" Enter the User Name "Plato" Enter the Password "Plato#" Select "Caroline County" Select "Caroline County Land Survey.....Plats" Select "Plats on Microfilm" Select any liber and click on the MSA number under image After another click you will download an image of a Caroline County Land Plat. With Bernice Leonard's Land Record Books, the 1877 map, and some of these plats maybe we can pinpoint exactly where many of the original land tracts are in the county. I am currently working on the exact bounds of the original "Grantham" and a few other properties associated with Collins family lines. Frank Collins ___________________________________________________ GO.com Mail Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com