Interpreting Land Records
Simplifies
the Process of Interpreting Land Records and Property Boundary
Retracement
By Donald A. Wilson
Thorough Analysis
of Everything Surveyors Need to Know to Formulate Sound, Defendable
Opinions on Property Boundaries
 The
difficult task of boundary retracement begins with three substantial
steps: recovering land records, determining the significance of
those records, and applying the findings to conditions on the
ground.
Interpreting Land Records thoroughly details
everything surveyors need to know to formulate sound, defendable
opinions, including how courts interpret ambiguous words and
conflicts between words in documents, and between those words and
items outside the documents.
Packed with illustrative case examples
accompanied by descriptions of how a retracement was performed, what
the problems were, and how the surveyor resolved them, Interpreting
Land Records features:
- Practical information on records research
- Surveying methods used in the United
States over the past several hundred years—including the English
system, Napoleonic Code, Mexican and Spanish land grant systems,
and more
- Two appendices providing definitions for
historical words and phrases as well as how to interpret them
- Guidance for confirming a land record
with physical evidence on-site
- Advice on using historic maps,
photographs, and written documents in establishing a boundary
for which official records are lost or corrupted
"This is an excellent reference book for those
who work regularly with land records and will be a good resource for
genealogical society collections." (FGS Forum, Winter 2006)
"Very rarely a book comes across my desk that
makes me sit up and take notice, but the recently published
"Interpreting Land Records" is such a book." (American Surveyor,
October2006)
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From Interpreting Land Records (PDF)
About The Author:
Donald A. Wilson is President of Land &
Boundary Consultants, Inc. in Newfields, New Hampshire
Table of Contents:
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of Contents (PDF)
Foreward.
1. Introduction to Land Records.
2. Geometry of the Description.
3. Records Research: Title Search or Deed
Search.
4. Rules of Construction.
5. Relative Importance of Conflicting
Elements.
6. Exceptions and Reservations.
7. Words and Phrases.
8. The Use of Extrinsic Evidence.
9. Maps, Plats, Plans and Charts.
10. Pictures.
11. Document Examination.
Appendix One: Definitions of Words and
Phrases.
Appendix Two: Definitions of Ancient Land
Terms.
Index
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Index (PDF)
Hard-Cover, 440 Pages
Published 2006
ISBN: 978-0-471-71543-6
Interpreting
Land Records
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