>Gary: >My site will have the BLM maps for the entire state of Oregon and Washington >once I get them downloaded. I've been indexing the BLM maps, however, it is >very time consuming and now I just plan to load all the maps and let >everyone search themselves. You will be able to pull a map by >T & R's. >At the present time T5 from border to border is complete and T6 is about >complete. Hopefully by the end of November I will have most of the state on >the site. >I also have the Metsker Atlases for several counties with more coming. > >If you have any other questions you can reach me at: >sharonor@heritagetrailpress.com or sharonor@aracnet.com. > >Sharon Osborn-Ryan > >www.HeritageTrailpress.com > > >Sharon Osborn-Ryan >sharonor@aracnet.com >sharonor@heritagetrailpress.com I want everyone to know and appreciate what a service Sharon is doing for historical and genealogical research. Any related expense would be far less than time and money consuming trips to where these are available otherwise. There is a difference bewteen modern and original surveys - anything built since the original! If you are looking for an 1870s claim and the survey was done in 1860, then it won't be there. Sharon is saving you a trip to the closest BLM office to get a copy off of microfiche for $1.10 a sheet of paper. Metzker maps are an invaluable tool for general research. The Metzgers did a service, up to 1954, of overlaying Donation Land Claims over a modern (for that time) street grid. SOL for claims after DLCs. Sharon is doing you a service by saving you a trip to 36 county libraries since few counties carry other county maps. The state archives in Salem has the entire state as it was in 1929 on microfilm, but have you ever seen a microfilm photocopy? Thank you Sharon jim