Using Maps and Platting Land for Genealogy

Schedule

Sat, 26 Apr, 2025 at 02:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

208 W Clinton St, Frankfort, IN, United States, Indiana 46041 | Frankfort, IN

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Platting your ancestors’ land can help answer questions and add much-needed context to your family story. Join John Barr at the Frankfort Community Public Library for this genealogy workshop. In this interactive workshop, Barr will discuss researching and interpreting land records and demonstrate the platting process. He will also compare and contrast the metes and bounds system with the Public Land Survey System. Finally, participants will learn to draw ancestral property plats and place them on maps.
Participants can bring their own ancestors’ land records to work with or use sample land records that will be provided along with any required supplies.
Barr is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and formerly served as the president of the Indiana chapter. His company, Old Northwest Genealogy, specializes in 18th and 19th century research with an emphasis on land and probate records.
This class will be held in the lower level meeting room and will last 1.5‒2 hours. The cost is $5, and registration is required. To register, call (765) 654-8746, visit myfcpl.org/calendar, or stop by the library. For more information, contact Jill Garrison at (765) 654-8746, ext. 1137 or [email protected].
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