In addition to having record copies of local land records, the recorder’s office may have copies of old plats and surveys of farms and towns within the county. If your relative needed their property line surveyed, there may be a record copy of it. If the family had to have a piece of property split among the heirs and a survey was done to do that, there may be a copy of that as well.

If your ancestor lived in a town or village, you may be able to see exactly where his or her lot was located.

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  1. And it is very possible the boundaries of the survey will name owners of joining property. May just be the family of the spouse or some other relatively

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