<div dir="ltr"><div><div><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/mailman/listinfo/genealogy_genealogytipoftheday.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Need to unsubscribe?</a><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent"></span></font></div><div><br></div><div>Genealogy Update 3 October 2026</div><div><br></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent">** </span></font><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;background-color:transparent"> Some Ways to Save Genealogy Money</span></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Using AI as  Genealogy Research Consultant Released--save today</font></span></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** </font></span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;background-color:transparent">Unpaid Fines, Alcohol Sales, and the County Jail</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;background-color:transparent">** New presentations-More Metes and Bounds, BLM Tract Books, Females</span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">----------------------------</font></span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Some Ways to Save Genealogy Money<span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent"></span></font></div><div><span style="text-align:initial;background-color:transparent"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">----------------------------</font></span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(23,37,42)"></span></font><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">This list is not by any means comprehensive, but here are some ways to save money on genealogical expenses:</font></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:auto 1.5em 1em;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%;color:rgb(23,37,42)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">utilize local genealogical societies\u2013through the mail, their website, their Facebook page, etc.</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">utilize local libraries where your ancestor lived</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">use <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(3,169,244);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">FamilySearch</em></a> to access the record images they have on their site</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">use your local Family History Center to access records at <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">FamilySearc</em><em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">h </em>that cannot be accessed at home</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">determine what your local public library has access to</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">don\u2019t buy overnight copies of documents</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">coordinate research with others</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">consider having someone consult on your research instead of actually hiring them</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">organize your research before hiring a professional</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">consider asking for genealogy presents at holidays instead of things you might not really ever use</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">use trial periods for sites when you\u2019ll actually have time to use them</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">improve your research skills and your knowledge of methodology</font></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" style="" size="4">Remember that genealogy cannot be done completely for free\u2013particularly if people are helping you, getting records for you, etc. Some people are able to help for free\u2013if not all the time, at least some of the time. But remember the other people. They have to eat.</font></p><div><span id="m_353557025746169721m_-401975002631494088m_-197077998985843778gmail-docs-internal-guid-1bddd5a4-7fff-d075-e7cf-99ace46091f6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Using AI as a Genealogy Consultant--save $6.99 by ordering today</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:12pt 0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our approach is to always use AI responsibly and practically a</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">s your own genealogy consultant.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Maybe you can\u2019t afford a consultant for your own research or you have too many genealogy problems to hire help with every one.  AI can serve as your own genealogy research consultant. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As with a human consultant, you\u2019ll need to do the initial work on your ancestor, gather what you have, and familiarize yourself with basic sources in the area. There is no guarantee that AI will solve your problem. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:12pt 0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">But using AI as your personal research consultant can help. Not by doing the research for you,  or inventing ancestors that never existed, but by doing what a good consultant actually does: looking at what you have, summarizing it, discussing it, and giving you ideas on where to look next or to help you see things in a different way.  It may even tell you where you need to go to improve your research skills. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">After using AI, you still may decide to use a human consultant. The work you did with AI will help you prepare to get the most from that advice from a real person and to make the best use of your time and money should that be necessary. We acknowledge in this presentation and approach that AI does not know everything, is not perfect, and cannot solve every problem. It\u2019s just another tool.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You&#39;ll see how to frame a research problem so AI gives you something useful instead of something vague. You&#39;ll learn to recognize when it&#39;s guessing, because it will, and how to catch hallucinations and how to use AI in a discerning fashion.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rg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e:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">Warsaw</em> <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">Bulletin</em> indicated that Trautvetter\u2019s time in the county lockup might prevent sales of alcohol to minors and drunkards. I\u2019m not certain if that was a reference to the Trautvetter incident or a separate one. Newspapers don\u2019t always make some things as clear as we would like.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">And I\u2019m going to have to look at the county court records in late 1899 to see what reference there is to Trautvetter failing to pay his fines.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" style="" size="4">Now I\u2019m wondering if he was <em style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">really </em>home when the census enumerator came around to answer questions in the spring of 1900.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"> </p></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(37,41,42)">-----------------------------</span></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><br></p></div><div><br></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:27pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tract Books and the 2026 BLM Land Patent Search site update</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This presentation will discuss what the BLM tract books are (they keep track of complete and incomplete federal land transactions), how to search them on FamilySearch\u2013there are multiple ways (focusing on manual searches for when the indexed do not work), what clues can be gathered from these records, accessing additional records suggested in the tract books, documenting your searches of these books. Also included will be a discussion of the current iteration of the Bureau of Land Management Federal Land Patent search site.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=UQKGYQSX63Z3Y" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Presentation to be released on 18 October\u2013$17.99</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:27pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">\ufeffResearching Female Ancestors</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This presentation discusses approaches and techniques for determining an ancestor\u2019s maiden name and locating \u201cmissing\u201d females. Geared towards the advanced beginner or intermediate researcher, it focuses on American records and sources before World War I. The content is not specific to any one time period and many of the approaches can be refined for different locations or types of records. Concepts discussed will include:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:30pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">overview of women\u2019s legal rights;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:30pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">property ownership;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:30pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">inheritance;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:30pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">citizenship;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:30pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">and strategies for making the most from what you can find.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you are stymied on your female ancestors\u2013and half your ancestors are female\u2013this presentation may give you the insight you need.</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:30pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://michael-john-neill.dpdcart.com/cart/add?product_id=32846&amp;method_id=32794" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Order for immediate download</span><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">. $19.99</span></a>--after 29 Sept price is $24. </p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:27pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Researching US Newspapers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This presentation will discuss finding copies of newspapers (digital and microfilm), searching newspapers (digital and manual searches), saving images, organizing images and your search process, and creating citations.</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:30pt;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://michael-john-neill.dpdcart.com/cart/add?product_id=243621&amp;method_id=266115" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Order for immediate download\u2013$18 </span></a>--after 29 Sept price is $22.</p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,109,120);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Michael John Neill </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(96,109,120);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">has over forty years of genealogical research experience and has utilized records in a variety of states in the Midwest, New England, and the Southern United States.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><br></p><p style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">--------------------------------</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><br></p></div><div><div style="text-align:center"><font face="georgia, serif" size="6"><b><i>==============</i></b></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="6"><b><i>Join us on a research trip:</i></b></font></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font size="4"><ul style="font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(70,112,127)"><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/mid-continent-genealogy-library-october-2025-research-trip/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(3,169,244);box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.5">Midwest Genealogy Center\u2013October 2026.</a></li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2025-library-of-virginia-research-trip-richmond-virginia/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(3,169,244);box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.5">Library of Virginia\u2013March 2027</a></li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2022-family-history-library-salt-lake-city-trip/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(3,169,244);box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.5">FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City\u2013May 2027</a></li><li style="margin:0px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;outline:0px"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/allen-county-library-2027-research-trip/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(3,169,244);box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.5">Allen County Public Library\u2013June 2027</a></li></ul><div><font color="#46707f" face="Open Sans"><br></font></div></font></li></ul><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif" size="4">------------------------------------</font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">More Land Platting with AI</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">-----------------------------------</font></span></p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">This session will expand on the \u201cMetes and Bounds with AI\u201d presentation. It will include  additional and more convoluted examples of metes and bounds properties, discuss platting out properties in federal land states involving sections and townships, and include an example of a metes and bounds description in a federal land state. This session presupposes that the listener has a basic understanding of land record terminology and knows how to locate land deed records as those topics are not a part of this presentation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