MIke, I can only surmise from the context that: Warty Deed a deed in which the sellers warrants having valid title, free of encumbrances. Deed - probably means the same thing. P of Atty means Power of Attorney Mortgage means Mortgage Bond for Title - A promise to convey land when paid at some point in the future. B for Title - same thing Deed - a document sealing an agreement, contract. Quit C. D. - means Quit Claim Deed (like a Warrantee deed, except the seller does not guarantee that the property is free and clear). Qt Claim D - same thing Quit C. D. - same thing Warty Trans - Warrantee Transfer (not sure of the distinction) Transfer Cert - not sure Will - a Will Grant - a transfer from the government to a person More detail and other terms are found on: http://www.directlinesoftware.com/legal.htm David Pitts Houston TX Transfer means a transfer of property from one person to another On Jun 6, 2009, at 11:29 PM, Mike Allen wrote: > There is a column next to the grantee with the description of the > transaction. Does anyone know what are the different transactions > are and > what they mean? > > Mike Allen > > -----Original Message----- > From: txwise-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txwise- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Wendy C > Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 12:23 PM > To: txwise@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXWISE] Wise County Land Records > > Heads up... > the FIRST ONE I clicked, showed a instrument date in the 1840s.. > which is > BEFORE county settlement. Those are probably rare, but hey.. what > a bonus. > > Land records...to me.. have ALWAYS been goldmines, and the content > of the > deed is where the gold is. It is the finding of them that is hard. > You are great, as always. > > --- On Sat, 6/6/09, Sheryl Shaw <cliffsmom@comcast.net> wrote: > > From: Sheryl Shaw <cliffsmom@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [TXWISE] Wise County Land Records > To: txwise@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009, 8:03 AM > > David, La Darla, and Sue, just when I think the Wise County website > can't > get much better - it does. Thanks for all that each of you has > done to make > > so much information available to researchers everywhere. This is > the best > county genweb site online. > > Sheryl McNeely Shaw > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David E. Pitts" <pitts-gen-281@sbcglobal.net> > To: <txwise@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 5:55 AM > Subject: Re: [TXWISE] Wise County Land Records > > >> La Darla, >> The most important piece of data in the index (other than the names) >> is the date of the land transaction. In many cases that will be the >> earliest record of a person being in Wise County. Land Records and >> Marriage records are the earliest records we have. >> David Pitts >> >> On Jun 5, 2009, at 9:43 PM, La Darla wrote: >> >>> Hello List, >>> >>> Good News! David E. Pitts has finished Land Records Index, Book 1, >>> the first installment of many books. This will NOT give many >>> details of the land transaction( mostly names);but will give the >>> book number & page of the full land record book, in the Court House >>> Records Building. This saves one very tedious step, as you can >>> make your list and go directly to the deed book of choice, and >>> right to the correct page. >>> >>> Check out the web page under General Interest>>Land Records >>> >>> >>> Web Page address: >>> www.wisecountytexas.info/genweb >>> >>> >>> Thanks to Sue Tackel and David E. Pitts >>> >>> Best regards to all, >>> La Darla >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- >>> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXWISE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes > >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXWISE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXWISE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for your reply, I was just curious. Mike -----Original Message----- From: txwise-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txwise-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David E. Pitts Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 6:16 AM To: txwise@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXWISE] Wise County Land Records MIke, I can only surmise from the context that: Warty Deed a deed in which the sellers warrants having valid title, free of encumbrances. Deed - probably means the same thing. P of Atty means Power of Attorney Mortgage means Mortgage Bond for Title - A promise to convey land when paid at some point in the future. B for Title - same thing Deed - a document sealing an agreement, contract. Quit C. D. - means Quit Claim Deed (like a Warrantee deed, except the seller does not guarantee that the property is free and clear). Qt Claim D - same thing Quit C. D. - same thing Warty Trans - Warrantee Transfer (not sure of the distinction) Transfer Cert - not sure Will - a Will Grant - a transfer from the government to a person More detail and other terms are found on: http://www.directlinesoftware.com/legal.htm David Pitts Houston TX Transfer means a transfer of property from one person to another On Jun 6, 2009, at 11:29 PM, Mike Allen wrote: > There is a column next to the grantee with the description of the > transaction. Does anyone know what are the different transactions > are and > what they mean? > > Mike Allen > > -----Original Message----- > From: txwise-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txwise- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Wendy C > Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 12:23 PM > To: txwise@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXWISE] Wise County Land Records > > Heads up... > the FIRST ONE I clicked, showed a instrument date in the 1840s.. > which is > BEFORE county settlement. Those are probably rare, but hey.. what > a bonus. > > Land records...to me.. have ALWAYS been goldmines, and the content > of the > deed is where the gold is. It is the finding of them that is hard. > You are great, as always. > > --- On Sat, 6/6/09, Sheryl Shaw <cliffsmom@comcast.net> wrote: > > From: Sheryl Shaw <cliffsmom@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [TXWISE] Wise County Land Records > To: txwise@rootsweb.com > Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009, 8:03 AM > > David, La Darla, and Sue, just when I think the Wise County website > can't > get much better - it does. Thanks for all that each of you has > done to make > > so much information available to researchers everywhere. This is > the best > county genweb site online. > > Sheryl McNeely Shaw > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David E. Pitts" <pitts-gen-281@sbcglobal.net> > To: <txwise@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 5:55 AM > Subject: Re: [TXWISE] Wise County Land Records > > >> La Darla, >> The most important piece of data in the index (other than the names) >> is the date of the land transaction. In many cases that will be the >> earliest record of a person being in Wise County. Land Records and >> Marriage records are the earliest records we have. >> David Pitts >> >> On Jun 5, 2009, at 9:43 PM, La Darla wrote: >> >>> Hello List, >>> >>> Good News! David E. Pitts has finished Land Records Index, Book 1, >>> the first installment of many books. This will NOT give many >>> details of the land transaction( mostly names);but will give the >>> book number & page of the full land record book, in the Court House >>> Records Building. This saves one very tedious step, as you can >>> make your list and go directly to the deed book of choice, and >>> right to the correct page. >>> >>> Check out the web page under General Interest>>Land Records >>> >>> >>> Web Page address: >>> www.wisecountytexas.info/genweb >>> >>> >>> Thanks to Sue Tackel and David E. Pitts >>> >>> Best regards to all, >>> La Darla >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- >>> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TXWISE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes > >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXWISE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXWISE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXWISE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message