[Phpgedview-talk] Re: section for land grants

[<den...@ur...>]

Yes it would be nice to see this in the program, but here is what I do. 
http://terraserver.microsoft.com has free topo & aerial maps, so if you 
know the area you can zoom in on the topo map & find out where it is. 
http://www.esg.montana.edu/gl/trs-data.html has a program that will convert 
a land description into longitude & latitude for the western states (the 
tough part is knowing the meridian).

As far as the separate listing for locations, I use the historic location & 
in the event notes I put in the current location.

I hope that helps
Dennis

At 09:21 PM 12/21/2005, you wrote:
>Another feature wish that I have just thought of while searching for a few
>princedoms in germany....
>
>2 seperate listings for locations.
>
>One for the name of the location when the event occured. birth, death, etc
>Another for the current name of the location.
>
>It's a recurring thing in my research that I will be looking for info on a
>town, and it will turn out that it no longer exists or that it has been
>absorbed into another town.
>
>I also would like to see a section for land grants.
>
>I have family in Minnesota that founded towns in "Section 22" .. it would b=
>e
>nice to somehow clarify where and what Section 22 is.