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From: W Taber <>
Subject: Re: [ILCLINTON] Useful Map Site
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 19:28:18 -0500
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Interesting site. However, I seem to be missing something... where,
on the site, do I have the opportunity to locate the position based
on legal land description? It sounds like you successfully did this
somehow, but I'm not seeing that option.

Thanks,
William Taber, Indianapolis

At 6:24 PM -0500 2/17/02, wrote:
>I have found this site to be most useful in helping to locate lands my
>ancestors once owned:
>
>www.topozone.com
>
>The maps are modern-day, but for those of you who have the legal description
>of an ancestors land holdings (perhaps from the Bureau of Land Management,
>the State of Illinois Public Land Sales database, or an old deed), current
>roads, railroads, and (most importantly) township delineations are shown. I
>was able to precisely locate each one of the five pieces of Public Land Sale
>purchases made by my GGGrandfather, and two private purchases by using these
>maps.

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