If you look at the way the parcel fails to close you'll see that the east-west location of the end point is correct but the north-south location is wrong. In fact, the last point is just about due south of where it is supposed to be. Looking at the other lines on the parcel there is only one that is a good candidate for correcting this. S1E 42 might be too short. If you change it to S1E 82 you get a pretty decent closure and pretty decent area. I have no explanation for this being the error-- it isn't one of those where digits are confused (e.g. 1,4,7 and 0,6,9, and 3,8), or the angle is east rather than west or vice versa. Anyway, there's only one way to confirm a fix of any kind and that is by looking at neighboring parcels. Steve Broyles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Fields" <mfields1(a)cinci.rr.com&gt; To: <DEED-MAPPER-USERS(a)rootsweb.com&gt; Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 9:39 AM Subject: [DMU] Kincaid Creek deed plotting problem I just got DeedMapper 4.0 with some maps for Pendleton County, KY and installed it a couple days ago. With a deed from 1936 on the waters of the Kincaid Creek where Long Branch enters, I entered all the points and lines (23 pairs) and the plot closed properly and I readily found the location on the map. In this case the copy of the deed was a photocopy I obtained from the typed deed books at the Pendleton County Courthouse. The next one I tried has not gone so well. The description is: "Beginning at a stone corner to Cookendorfer, on a ridge, thence N 79 W 30 poles to three elms on Long Branch, then up said branch S 57 /2 W 43 poles S11 /2 W 18 poles to a red oak, thence S 1E 42 poles to a buckeye, thence S 25 /2 W 18 poles to a stone, on the east side of said branch, thence N50 /2 E 141 ½ poles to a stone in Cookendorfer's line, thence N 39 /2 W 54 poles to the beginning, containing 50 acres" Sometimes in front of the "/2" there is a "dot" and I don't know what that means. It does not look like a "1". The text description in DeedMapper is: ! ! Abstract Typ Deed Ref Deed Book 49, pp 539-540 Dat 1899-08-12: 12th August 1899 Rec 12 August 1899 Frm John Malloy and Julia Malloy, his wife To J. Crowley Con $500 paid in hand Re 50 acres on Kincaid Creek Wit J. H. Cummins ! Metes and bounds Pt a stone, corner to Cookendorfer, on a ridge Ln N79W; 30p; Pt three elms on Long Branch Lm S57/2W; 43p; Pt Lm S11/2W; 18p; Pt red oak Ln S1E; 42p; Pt buckeye Ln S25/2W; 18p; Pt stone on the east side of said branch Ln N50/2E; 141.5p; Pt stone in Cookendorfer's line Ln N39/2W; 54p; End Would anyone have some advice for me on how to interpret this deed call? The area does not close and the acreage doesn't come out. Perhaps I could scan the deed and post on the internet? Thanks in advance. I am very excited about using DeedMapper - it looks like very nice software. Mark ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEED-MAPPER-USERS-request(a)rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message