Metes & Bounds Land Plats Solve Genealogical Problems
Jerry Smith, CG
Content
Welcome
56s
About BCG
6m 56s
Speaker's Introduction
1m 8s
Introduction
1m 33s
Land Plats
11m 42s
Case Study
3m 52s
Application, warrant, survey, patent
2m 55s
Plats Tie 4 Generations
7m 20s
Connected Tract Maps
9m 18s
Platting Primer
24m 51s
Announcements
44s
Questions / answers
11m 17s
About this webinar
This session provides a brief overview of metes and bounds land descriptions seen in deeds, mortgages, patents, grants, and other land documents. The land descriptions are an essential part of land research. This presentation discusses metes and bounds land descriptions and how the metes and bounds can solve genealogical problems.
About the speaker
Gerald (Jerry) Smith, CG, researches in Pennsylvania families. He is the IGHR and SLIG course coordinator for the week-long land platting course. He is on faculty for IGHR, SLIG, and GRIP teaching top...
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Comments (135)
Great Webinar! Informative and tells step by step how to do it. Doesn't fluff his syllabus with frivolous info, but provides detailed info about materials/tools needed. I will look for more of his webinars.
EXCELLENT! What a fantastic teacher. Thank you
Excellent lecture. Demystifies many documents. Thank you.
Fantastic presentation! I took a land class years ago where we drew out land. All I remember from it was I didn’t do one step correctly and ended up having a reverse map. This is class inspired me to try it again. Thank you!
Outstanding! Jerry conveyed the (formerly gibberish to me) terminology very clearly and effectively. He also demonstrated the process of land records in general, and platting in particular, in a very clear and understandable way for ANY ordinary lay-person. The use of case studies effectively demonstrated how (any why) platting properties can break down our brick walls. A truly outstanding presentation! I have zero qualms about going forward and tracking all the properties in my genealogy files. {Standing ovation}. Thank you Jerry! Job well done! I look forward to your future presentations!
Very instructive.
Loved it, I have toyed with land descriptions some, this helps understand it to the next level for me. We have government land in IN in bits and pieces so this helps connect those as they purchased more land
Really nicely done presenting what can be a very complicated process in simple terms. I was only surprised that at the beginning, the discussion of what a land use pattern would tell was that the area was hilly, and each had a flat area. In reality, land use patterns are critical in human geography to identify the ethnic and cultural backgrounds of first settlers, the type of business or farming taking place on land, etc. These factors can be important to genealogy.