Bob, at one time I had no problem finding neighbors of a person residing in
a particular area of Marion Co, or other counties, but for some reason I have
not been able to do this now. It seems as though something changed from
several years ago--I can't find the instructions that allow that now. Any ideas?
Thanks for any and all help
Virgene
In a message dated 1/7/2008 11:24:58 A.M. US Eastern Standard Time,
ralloway(a)earthlink.net writes:
What I was trying to do several weeks ago was show you how to use google
earth to locate aerials. Now with Land Patents and Topozone, you can take
coordinates and turn them into aerials of your ancestors land and changing
to STREET VIEWS on Google, you, in some cases can virtually drive down the
streets. And it does not cost you anything.
It may not work for everyone. If your ancestor bought land much later, or
lost it, it may not show anything. Maybe they spelled the name
differently??
Using James HOAGLAND as an example, who should be in Perry Twp., go to
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ and
click on SEARCH LAND PATENTS. After you have entered a name
JAMES HOAGLAND and found the file, click on LEGAL LAND DESCRIPTION. Jot
down the State: INDIANA County: MARION Sec: 17 Township: 14 Range: 4
Then go to:
http://www.topozone.com/ Click VIEW MAPS
As you are scrolling down the list look at all the states shown. Later you
can go back to this section and find Longitude and Latitude numbers so you
can put them into the search window at
WWW.MAPS.GOOGLE.COM and get an aerial
of the area. Or STREET VIEWS.
At Topozone, it will render a topographical map showing in the middle a red
cross, which is the center line for all your work. Look at the features
around the land. You can see McFarland Road, Sherman Drive, Southport Elem
School and the creek.
Over to the left is a scale. It may show: 1. 50.000
If you want to see more land marks use that drop down box and change scale
to a bigger number. i.e. 1. 100.000.
Nancy, did this help? Bob
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