Perfect, Gwen! Eleanor, I can see the Welch Section over on the far left hand side of the map. Hope you can find your Llewelyn. Kim Kim On Jun 3, 2006, at 10:10 PM, Gwen Boyer Bjorkman wrote: > http://www.lowermerionhistory.org/atlas/1687.html > > This looks like a high resolution copy of the map. > > Gwen Boyer Bjorkman > gwenbj@seanet.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kimberly Ann Spangrude [mailto:kimspangrude@mac.com] > Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 8:43 PM > To: PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PaOldC] RE: Land patents/grants > > > Well, as you all know by now, the map that I took a picture of is > really difficult to see without taking it to "PhotoShop" or making it a > PDF so that you can magnify its details. Here are some of the options > I was thinking about: > 1. See if there is a PDF of the map online through the Friends > Historical Library of Swarthmore College > 2. Ask the Historical Society of Pennsylvania if they have scanned the > original or if they have transposed all the names and where the land is > located for each owner. > 3. Use a magnifying glass > 4. Ask my husband to fiddle with it using "photoshop" to see if the > detail can be magnified. > I personally opted for number 4; I will let you know how that goes :). > Kim Townsend Spangrude > On Jun 3, 2006, at 8:31 PM, Mal Humes wrote: > >> I would appreciate a copy of this if you can email it to me. >> >> Thanks and regards, >> >> Malcolm >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kim Spangrude [mailto:kimspangrude@mac.com] >> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 7:39 PM >> To: PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [PaOldC] RE: Land patents/grants >> >> >> This may or may not be helpful, but here goes: When I was in >> Philadelphia two weeks ago, I visited the old Quaker Meeting House in >> downtown Philadelphia, just down the street from Independence Hall. >> They had a few relics hanging on the walls from old Quakers, and I >> noticed a reproduction of the map that showed all of the land owners >> and where their property was; the explanation hanging next to this >> reproduction stated that the land owners were assigned their property >> when they were still in England, before they came to Pennsylvania. >> I >> took a picture of the map, if anyone is interested. I found my early >> Richard Townsend ancestor on the map. >> Kim Townsend Spangrude >> On Jun 3, 2006, at 4:42 PM, Anna B wrote: >> >>> this site has, primarily, documents dated 1820 or after; however, >>> there are >>> some very early ones. >>> Anna >> > > > ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribing.... To leave PA-old-chester-l, send mail to > PA-old-chester-l-request@rootsweb.com > with the single word unsubscribe in the message or subject slot. > > NO VIRUS WARNINGS - if you are concerned contact me PERSONALLY > ferg@ntelos.net > > If you have ANY problems, do not send them to the list > contact me personally....list manager ferg@ntelos.net > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > >