Marc, You can find deeds and indexes microfilmed by the Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City. Locate your local Family History Center and you can order the films for a small fee from SLC. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp to find the one nearest you. Use this link to see all the films of indexes and deeds for Delaware County. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=124485&disp=Deedbooks%2C+1792-1907++ You may have to cut and paste the URL in pieces. Or use the following steps if the above link doesn't work. Go to www.familysearch.org Click on yellow "library" tab at the top Click on "Family History Library Catalog" the next row down Click on "Place Search" in the list of ways to search Enter "Delaware" (without the quotes) in the "Place" box Enter "New York" (without the quotes) in the "Part of" box Click on the blue "New York, Delaware" lettering Scroll down to "New York, Delaware - land and property" Click on "Deedbooks, 1792-1907" Click on "View Film Notes" gray box in the upper right hand corner The film numbers are listed on the right hand side of the screen corresponding to the data on them listed on the left hand side of the screen. Grantors would be the person who sold the property, grantees would be the person who received the property. There are also mortgagor/mortgagee books available. There are instructions in the front of each book explaining how to find the different surnames. There is a code to it based on the first letter of the last name and then the vowels after that. Print out the sheet with the film numbers you want and bring to your local FHC to order the film. You must start with the indexes to find out which book and page the actual deed is recorded. I'll have to look, but I believe I may have copies of the map for Harpersfield to show you where the different lots were located at. That helped me to locate the current physical location of the property when I did my deed research on my Gaddis' a few years ago in Davenport, Kortright, Harpersfield and Meredith. Hope this helps. Patty At 09:15 PM 1/14/2007, you wrote: >I have several family lines (Fagans and McGuire, etc) that stayed in >Delaware County for generations. I was wondering where I might find >resources on land ownership to aid my identifying an early Delaware >settler in my line. I have a copy of an 1820 deed where Daniel Fagan >(about 17 years old at the time), was given land from Molly Fagan >(likely mother or other older relative). The Deed states that they >"...both are of Harpersfield Delaware Co., NY on 1 July 1820; lot >#169 patent of Harp. and easternmost line patent of Kortright". Does >anyone know how to trace the original owner of this Lot #169 and >records of how it may have transferred to Molly? > >The odd thing is that there were only about 2 Fagans in all of the >upstate of NY prior to 1820, but none in Delaware according to the >Census (even though Daniel claims he lived in Delaware his whole live). >Also, Daniel sells the land in 1831 and moved to Davenport. >-Marc > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message