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OK, who here hasn’t run into this problem:
I’m researching an ancestor and run into a Missouri Land Patent. The Range, Township and Section are dutifully noted in the Public Land Survey System (PLSS) format:
The NorthWest fractional quarter of section fourteen in township forty of Range twenty three West in the district of lands subject to sale at Springfield Missouri containing one hundred and twenty three acres and thirty nine hundredths of an acre.
Until a recent discovery of mine, I would take that description, take it to an old plat map, find out where it was and then transfer the location to a new map where I could find latitude & longitude.
Not any more . . .
The people at Cares (http://www.cares.missouri.edu/) have made my life SO much easier!
Do yourself a favor, and go take a look.
Start by clicking the Interactive Maps link at the top of the page.
Click Township/Range/Section
Follow the prompts and look at the maps! There is even a tool that will let you get the latitude/longitude of any point on the map!
Click on these links to Google Map the locations:
Foster, Samuel – Township: T42N Range: R27W Section: 12
Foster, Samuel – Township: T42N Range: R27W Section: 12
Foster, Samuel – Township: T42N Range: R27W Section: 12
Foster, Norborn – Township: T42N Range: R24W Section: 35
Foster, William – Township: T41N Range: R24W Section: 34
Foster, William – Township: T41N Range: R24W Section: 33
Foster, William – Township: T41N Range: R24W Section: 29
Foster, William – Township: T41N Range: R24W Section: 28
Foster, Norborn – Township: T41N Range: R24W Section: 2
Foster, Adrian W – Township: T41N Range: R23W Section: 36
Foster, James – Township: T41N Range: R23W Section: 34
Foster, Adrian W – Township: T41N Range: R23W Section: 25
Foster, Adrian W – Township: T41N Range: R23W Section: 25
Foster, Adrian W – Township: T41N Range: R23W Section: 25
Foster, Adrian W – Township: T41N Range: R23W Section: 24
Foster, Adrian W – Township: T41N Range: R23W Section: 24
Foster, Adrian W – Township: T41N Range: R22W Section: 19
Foster, Paris E – Township: T41N Range: R20W Section: 26
Foster, Malcom G – Township: T40N Range: R24W Section: 35
Foster, John P – Township: T40N Range: R24W Section: 31
Foster, Robert P – Township: T40N Range: R24W Section: 31
Foster, Robert P – Township: T40N Range: R24W Section: 30
Foster, John – Township: T40N Range: R24W Section: 29
Foster, Robert – Township: T40N Range: R23W Section: 9
Foster, James – Township: T40N Range: R23W Section: 9
Foster, James – Township: T40N Range: R23W Section: 9
Foster, William – Township: T40N Range: R23W Section: 8
Foster, John – Township: T40N Range: R23W Section: 5
Foster, John – Township: T40N Range: R23W Section: 4
Foster, William D – Township: T40N Range: R23W Section: 4
Foster, Robert P – Township: T40N Range: R23W Section: 4
Foster, William D – Township: T40N Range: R23W Section: 4
Foster, John P – Township: T40N Range: R23W Section: 3
Foster, John P – Township: T40N Range: R23W Section: 3
Foster, John P – Township: T40N Range: R23W Section: 3
Foster, William – Township: T40N Range: R23W Section: 3
Foster, James – Township: T40N Range: R23W Section: 14
Foster, John – Township: T40N Range: R23W Section: 13
Foster, John – Township: T40N Range: R22W Section: 17
Foster, James A – Township: T40N Range: R21W Section: 6
Foster, Adin M – Township: T39N Range: R25W Section: 5
Foster, Mary A – Township: T39N Range: R23W Section: 25
Foster, Robert D – Township: T39N Range: R23W Section: 13
Foster, Wilson C – Township: T39N Range: R23W Section: 13
Foster, Thomas D – Township: T39N Range: R22W Section: 30
Foster, Thomas D – Township: T39N Range: R22W Section: 30
Foster, Daniel D – Township: T37N Range: R28W Section: 11
Foster, Daniel D – Township: T37N Range: R28W Section: 11
Foster, Daniel D – Township: T37N Range: R28W Section: 11
Foster, William – Township: T37N Range: R28W Section: 10
OK, those are interesting, but still not too illuminating. But try this:
http://www.communitywalk.com/ElectricFoster
Cool stuff!
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