Here's a longshot for you: there were "warrant maps" laid out for many townships in the southeastern counties of Penna - which showed who originally got the land in that township. If you can "plot" your ancestor's land (metes and bounds, and where it is relative to the rest of the township), perhaps you could identify from said "warrant map" who "first" had the land. Those maps are available from the State Archives in Penna - I'm sorry, but I don't recall the reference that tells you which counties and townships they have such maps for. (I know this wasn't specifically what you asked, but thought it might be a possibility if your original request doesn't pan out.) - Jeff R -----Original Message----- From: James Freeman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 5:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PDGO] Early Deed Transfers I have several Land Warrants documented with the correct surname or very close in spelling. What I need is a record of the transfer to the next owner, who hopefully is my ancestor. In a message dated 1/1/02 4:22:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > I need to find some documentation of this early Deed transfer to hopefully > make the family connection. Jim- You might not be looking for a deed per se. You might be dealing with an original land warrant. Also, consider name misspellings. Sometimes you can also find unrecorded deeds in files at the historical societies. Joan ==== PADUTCHgenONLY Mailing List ==== The OFFICIAL website for this list is: http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/padutch/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ==== PADUTCHgenONLY Mailing List ==== ONLY GENEALOGY chat is allowed on this list. If you want to talk culture, history and so on, join our sister list, PENNA-DUTCH. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237