Probably not near as entertaining to read! On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Jean Marie Turner < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > A friend who is a civil engineer says that Virginia is on a state grid. > > > > > > > > Hello: > > > > I have collected some of the old surveys for lands in Virginia. They were > > done in the 1700's using metes and bounds. "N30W 100 poles to a white oak > > sapling, etc." > > > > What system does VA now use as a legal land description? Has VA adopted a > > rectangular survey system of some type? > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > The fish are biting. > > Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. > > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > > at > > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > > > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > -- Douglas Burnett Satellite Beach FL To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html