WHO’S ONWHO’S ON(THE PROPERTY)(THE PROPERTY)

FIRST?FIRST?VAL SWIFT, HAMILTON COUNTY VAL SWIFT, HAMILTON COUNTY

SURVEYOR’S OFFICESURVEYOR’S OFFICE

U.S. BUREAU OF LAND U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT:MANAGEMENT:

Government Land Office Government Land Office RecordsRecords

(GLORECORDS)(GLORECORDS)►ONLINE SEARCHESONLINE SEARCHES► IMAGES OF LAND PATENTSIMAGES OF LAND PATENTS►ABILITY TO ORDER HIGHER QUALITY ABILITY TO ORDER HIGHER QUALITY

REPRODUCTION OF PATENTREPRODUCTION OF PATENT

INITIAL SEARCH PAGEINITIAL SEARCH PAGE

YOU GET THE NAME & YOU GET THE NAME & DATE…DATE…

……OR YOU GET THE OR YOU GET THE DESCRIPTIONDESCRIPTION

RESULTS LIST OPTIONSRESULTS LIST OPTIONS

PATENT DESCRIPTIONPATENT DESCRIPTION

LEGAL LAND DESCRIPTIONLEGAL LAND DESCRIPTION

IMAGE CHOICESIMAGE CHOICES

PATENT IMAGEPATENT IMAGE

SUITABLE FOR FRAMINGSUITABLE FOR FRAMING

HOW MUCH FOR HISTORY?HOW MUCH FOR HISTORY?

CURRENT LAND GRANT MAPCURRENT LAND GRANT MAP

NICE AND SIMPLENICE AND SIMPLE

ISAAC COPPOCK: Sec. 1, 1830’sISAAC COPPOCK: Sec. 1, 1830’s

WHAT’S “WRONG” WITH WHAT’S “WRONG” WITH THE CURRENT OPTIONSTHE CURRENT OPTIONS

►WITH THE BLM WEBSITE YOU WITH THE BLM WEBSITE YOU HAVE TO “KNOW WHERE YOU’RE HAVE TO “KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING”GOING”

►CONFUSING DATA ON THE MAP…CONFUSING DATA ON THE MAP…DATESDATES

►YOU HAVE TO LOOK IN MORE YOU HAVE TO LOOK IN MORE THAN ONE PLACETHAN ONE PLACE

THE ORIGINAL MAP’S SOURCE THE ORIGINAL MAP’S SOURCE DESCRIPTIONDESCRIPTION

Sec. 1: 1835/1866Sec. 1: 1835/18661835 1866

Sec. 1: 1866/2007Sec. 1: 1866/200720071866

INTIAL VERSION OF TABLEINTIAL VERSION OF TABLE

PATENTEE NAME FIELD PATENTEE NAME FIELD “CHALLENGE”“CHALLENGE”

IMAGE FILE NAME/SERIAL IMAGE FILE NAME/SERIAL NUMBERNUMBER

ADVANTAGES FOR THE ADVANTAGES FOR THE “CUSTOMER”“CUSTOMER”

►CAN BE VIEWED IN CONJUCTION CAN BE VIEWED IN CONJUCTION WITH OTHER COUNTY GIS LAYERSWITH OTHER COUNTY GIS LAYERS

►THE ABILITY TO “BROWSE”THE ABILITY TO “BROWSE”

WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE WITH LAND PATENTSWITH LAND PATENTS

►CEMETERIESCEMETERIES►CURRENT ROAD MAP OF COUNTYCURRENT ROAD MAP OF COUNTY►ANY OTHER LAND OWNERSHIP ANY OTHER LAND OWNERSHIP

INFORMATIONINFORMATION

►……ANYTHING…EVERYTHING. NO ANYTHING…EVERYTHING. NO MATTER HOW MANY LAYERS YOU MATTER HOW MANY LAYERS YOU HAVE, THERE WILL BE REQUESTS FOR HAVE, THERE WILL BE REQUESTS FOR SOMETHING ELSESOMETHING ELSE

CEMETERIES….CEMETERIES….GENEALOGICAL GENEALOGICAL

RESEARCHERS REALLY DIG RESEARCHERS REALLY DIG CEMETERIES CEMETERIES

1990’S CEMETERY MAP1990’S CEMETERY MAP(CREATED PRE-COUNTY GIS)(CREATED PRE-COUNTY GIS)

1866 MAP OF HAMILTON 1866 MAP OF HAMILTON COUNTYCOUNTY

FINISHING STEPSFINISHING STEPS

►REVISE TABLEREVISE TABLE►CREATE POLYGONS ON NEW CREATE POLYGONS ON NEW

GEODETIC CONTROL MAPGEODETIC CONTROL MAP►LINK THE POLYGONS TO THE LINK THE POLYGONS TO THE

DOCUMENTSDOCUMENTS