I got such good information regarding county platt maps and looking up old home places and farms, I wanted to share this with everyone. Janette "I faced the same problem a few years ago that you have. And I found that most states' transportation departments produce county maps that are marked in the same nomenclature used by the General Land Office of the United States, that is, in townships (squares 6 miles on a side). The townships are identified by the Township number and the Range number. And the sections (one square mile) are numbered within each township 1 through 36. For Missouri, the State Department of Transportation (DOT) sells these county maps for like 50 cents apiece (or less - really cheap). You can go to their website and order them there. Just search on Missouri Department Transportation on Google and you will get it. I have plotted all my Franklin Co., MO ancestors on one of the DOT maps and now I know exactly where there land was and what roads I need to take to drive to them. Hope this helps." "For MISSOURI COUNTY MAPS that show township, range & section contact: Missouri Dept of Transportation, Map Division 573-751-2825" "1878, 1898, and 1919 plat maps of the county are offered for sale by the Washington Historical Society (Franklin county) if this will help." "You can look up those coordinates on a USGS map (United States Geological Survey). You can order the appropriate map(s) from any Federal Center. You can order on-line for about $6. per map and you can lay it out yourself. The mapping is pretty easy. You work backwards from the Range number and find the Section number in the Range. The Section is a square mile. Then just mark it off in quarters and halves to show where your land is. Just remember to work backwards in the description so you're in the right section."