Last week began the topic of researching land ownership by looking at the legal description of land contained in deeds. Genealogists will often do this in order to try and locate the land that once ...

The ELLICOTT LINE, the western border of Pennsylvania and its border with Ohio, is a famous demarcation between older colonial land grants and the newer land allotments following the Revolution. It ...

PALMYRA, Mo. -- Anyone who owns land in Marion County -- or anywhere in Missouri, for that matter -- should be grateful for a small army of surveyors who started placing large stones at strategic ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with other federal agencies, has posted new Idaho U.S. Topo quadrangles (1,193) and New Mexico quads (1,980 maps), which include the Public Land ...