Another great meeting! September 10, 2011 meeting recap.
by Julie Pickett on 09/11/11
We enjoyed another fun and helpful meeting on September 10, 2011. At least 22 people were in attendance, including some new members.
The group agreed that getting together periodically to help one another with our brick walls would be beneficial. These "Wall Buster" meetings will start this fall. Members should contact me (Julie Pickett) to submit their brick wall problems to be considered for a meeting. More details will be announced soon.
The training session we had was on Land and Deed Records. The presenter was Jeannine Dobbins, Registrar of Durango’s Sarah Platt Decker Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She did an excellent job teaching us how to understand the following:
- The different types of property descriptions
- Understanding Section, Township and Range descriptions
- Using county deed indexes and records
- Understanding survey descriptions, and how to map them on a grid
We are very grateful to Jeannine for showing us how valuable land records are in genealogical research!
The next meeting will be on November 12th at 10:30 at the Animas Museum. This meeting is open to the general public and elections will be held at the meeting. In the near future, you will be receiving an email from President Ruth Lambert on the nomination and voting procedures.
Happy Hunting!
