Ep 34: Most of the United States and Canada use the Rectangular Survey System to organize plots of land. If you have ancestors who were farmers or lived rurally, understanding how this system works, can help you locate where your ancestors' land was.
In this episode, I share how I located Angie's ancestors' land in Southern Alberta for episode 33 of the podcast using a tool for Alberta land surveys. I also share how to use the Bureau of Land Management website to locate land plots in the US. Watch to see how you can do this for your own ancestors!
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Use Altalis (for Alberta, Canada)
Use the Bureau of Land Management site (for the US)
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