[or-roots] DLC Maps

[Leslie Chapman]

It may not be a "chrome" issue Pat; because of repeated litigation
concerning privacy of BIA records the DOI has had to be real cagey with
their web sites, I think that a person can only get to this stuff by going
through the link you have below which means that for those of us who do not
have anything to go on for our ancestors DLC locations but the number in the
OGS book and lack any clue to where the ancestor homesteaded it is a bit
difficult. On the other hand if you do know where they homesteaded, but
don't have a handy collection of quad maps (I have most of Oregon west of
the Cascades and south of Salem, but am usually too lazy to haul them out of
the closet and rely on USA photo maps) or know how to access the approriate
quad map on the internet. It can be a struggle. Which is why I am more than
happy to try and help someone figure it out.

I can actually produce a digital image of just the relevant area with
approximate boundaries delineated by green dots (compliments of USA
photomaps) in both black and white aerial photos and USGS topo maps, I have
also learned how to do the same thing in google earth too, which is an
advantage since Silverton is in a high res section of their data base. You
can't quite pick people out on the ground, but it is close. We can actually
tell in the image of our house where my son and my pickups are parked, even
though I think our resolutions is a little lower than it is at Silverton.

Hope everybody has a good Memorial day weekend, I think I am going to spend
mine working on the garage in Cottage Grove.

Les

-----Original Message-----
From:  Kith-n-Kin
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 5:53 PM

Ah hah! Thanks Les!

Went away, got some ink, came back, mind clear(er).

Of course, this is the plat map that Les was directing us to, but the link
wouldn't work. If it had, I'd have probably recognized the map. It may have
been a "Chrome" issue, or maybe not <G>

The map in question is called the "master title plat"

And, indeed, found at BLM Oregon.
http://www.blm.gov/or/landrecords/survey/ySrvy1.php

This is what it has:

Township:  006-0S   Range:  001-0W
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Master Title Plats, Use Plats and Historical Indices:
State Plat or Document  Date   Size kb  File Name

Oregon    view   HISTORICAL INDEX  2004/08/27  76  060s010whwd.pdf
    view   MASTER TITLE PLAT  1969/04/03  1,259  060s010wm01.jpg

Survey Plats:
State Plat Type - Survey Number  Date Approved   Size kb  File Name

Oregon    view   CADASTRAL SURVEY    2,581  t060s010w_001.jpg
    view   CADASTRAL SURVEY    1,429  t060s010w_002.jpg
    view   CADASTRAL SURVEY    774  t060s010w_003.jpg


I had to go to my files and find the copies to see what the file name was.
Oh, well.

So, looking at 007S, you see DC 308 again, (flowed from one twp to the
other) Next is 326, the Smith family.

I think I need a glass of wine. I'll regroup in the morning.

Pat