Mary The Kentucky Secretary of State office has most, if not all, of the KY and pre-KY Virginia records: http://www.sos.ky.gov/land/ To do metes and bounds, I use multiple programs, depending on my needs. The first is Deed Mapper from Direct Line http://directlinesoftware.com/ . This is essentially a drafting program you install on your computer, where you can enter plats and place them on various topo or other maps. There is good support via a mail-list. By the way, the new version works on Win7 - 64. Others are "Deed Platter" http://www.genealogytools.net/deeds/ and http://www.tractplotter.com/ http://map-pass.mytopo.com/index.asp is a subscription service that allows you place plats on modern day maps easily. I was able to plat several neighboring plats easily, in some hilly country. Both Deed Mapper and Map-Pass have fees attached. One particularly nice thing about Deed Mapper is that many people have uploaded their compilations of maps to the website, especially for Virginia and some for Kentucky, which is very helpful. Saves time if "yours" are already platted. Hope you enjoy this foray into mapping! Pat Dunford Tucson, Arizona -----Original Message----- From: transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary E Hall Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 10:48 AM To: transitional-genealogists-forum@rootsweb.com Subject: [TGF] Bounty land "warrants", neighborhood maps The discussion on land records was timely as I've had a couple of people ask me about Bounty land warrants, and if we could get the original records if we have a warrant "number" or other reference (like bundle)? One warrant is in Kentucky (issued from Virginia) and the other is in Tennessee, issued from either North or South Carolina. Assuming these records still exist, would they be at the respective state archives or a national repository (NARA) or ? (I imagine Greenwood's book cover this...it's on my Christmas list!) Also, I'd like to be able to fairly quickly create maps showing neighboring property owned in the metes & bounds system. There's nothing like seeing who owned property near your people through the years. The neighbors are usually referenced as part of the border description but I struggle with tying them all together on one map. The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message