Select Phone Data presents these documents as part of the record of the past. These primary historical documents reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times.
County plat books contain detailed township maps and generally show landowners at the time of publication.
Contains maps of individual townships identifing sections by number as well as ownership and boundaries of indivdual farms. Great data for genealogist, historian, or nostalgia buff.
This is a digitized copy of the original undated Boone County Indiana book showing farm ownership. There is no date on the book but the advertisements would date it to about 1964. It does not show property owners in towns or cities. The book shows each township with property lines and ownership as well as local advertisers on the backs of pages. Also included in the book is a directory of farm ownership. Please look at the pictures for an example of content. Each page of the original book has been scanned at high resolution, enhanced with Photoshop, and assembled together into a single pdf file. It may be read with either Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe Acrobat. Pages may be enlarged for easy viewing or for printing.
