Recently I posted the web site for Topozone, which has loaded every USGS 1:100,000, 1:25,000, and 1:24,000 scale map, for all states except Alaska, which has different scale. That's www.topozone.com I was asked how to order the maps. Actually, you can print them from the web site, if you're using Netscape. There's some sort of bug that prevents accurate printing from IE, although the web site now has a tip (using the clipboard) for getting around it. They're working with Microsoft for a fix. But if you want to order topo maps, here are some addresses I got from a Land Class, at the Dallas Public Library, I attended last summer: 1. USGS Information Services Box 25286 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225 303-202-4700 1-888-ASK USGS 2. MAPSCO Dallas, TX 214-219-6277 972-960-1414 1-800-796 MAPS 3. ONE MAP PLACE Dallas, TX 972-241-2680 4. FERGUSON'S San Antonio, TX 1-800-798-2112 5. MAP EXPRESS Denver, CO 1-800-MAP-0039 303-274-4440 Web Sites (I haven't checked these links lately so hope they still work.): UT Austin- Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection www.lib/utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html Cartographic Resources on the WWW (links to map sites) http://leardo.lib.uwm.edu/other.html University of Iowa - Center for Global & Regional Environmental Research www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/servers/servers_references.html Geographic Names Information Service (GNIS) http://mapping.usgs.gov/ An excellent book for land research is _Land and Property Research in the United States_, by E. Wade Home. I think I got my copy through www.ancestry.com , but it's probably available through any book store, or www.amazon.com . If you're interested in software for mapping deeds, go to Direct Line Software at www.ultranet.com/~deeds/ - lots of good information there. I have the software but just haven't had the time to try it out. Hope this helps with your land questions. Gail