<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <STYLE type=text/css>DIV { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.17092" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY dir=ltr bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Michael, there is also the aspect of your clients actually navigating to the places you have researched for them.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Bonnie Dunphy Kohler</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Florida</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=michael.hait@hotmail.com href="mailto:michael.hait@hotmail.com">Michael Hait</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=apgpubliclist@apgen.org href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">apgpubliclist@apgen.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 01, 2010 1:04 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [APG Public List] mapping and research</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> <DIV>I use historic maps in nearly every project.  But these historic maps do not have latitude/longitude on them usually.  I also use land records in nearly every project, which allows me to place the land on the maps (at least in a general sense).  My point is that discovering the general location (especially when dealing with a 200-acre farm) is an important step, but pinpointing the exact longitude/latitude seems like an extraneous step that does not add anything to the research.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I look at it this way – location of a piece of land is important for the following reasons:</DIV> <DIV>- records jurisdiction</DIV> <DIV>- relation to topographical landmarks</DIV> <DIV>- distance to county courthouses</DIV> <DIV>- distance to nearest town</DIV> <DIV>- location of nearest church</DIV> <DIV>- identities of neighbors</DIV> <DIV>- identifying possible migration routes (through relation to bodies of water, historic trails, etc)</DIV> <DIV>- (and of course other more creative uses I am sure)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">All of these tasks, however, can be completed using historic records and historic maps, including identifying topographical landmarks, etc.  But how does taking the extra time and effort to pinpoint a precise latitude/longitude provide additional USEFUL information, not covered by the historic records/maps?</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><BR><BR>Michael Hait<BR>michael.hait@hotmail.com<BR><A href="http://www.haitfamilyresearch.com">http://www.haitfamilyresearch.com</A> <DIV style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: small; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; TEXT-DECORATION: none"></DIV> <DIV style="POSITION: fixed"></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>