Power Platting - Technology Tools to Create Pictures from Property Descriptions

Chris Staats
Aug 12, 2015
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About this webinar

Pictures are worth a thousand words, they say. Looking at the property descriptions in some deeds, that word count seems accurate! Certainly, a compass and graph paper still work fine. However, software tools add power and flexibility in the platting of property and creation of maps to aid in your research. Presented in plain English, this presentation focuses on a number of tools to help you plat property descriptions using both proprietary and open source software.

About the speaker

Chris Staats is a Cleveland, Ohio-based professional genealogical researcher, presenter, and writer. He has written articles for Family Tree Magazine, Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterl...
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