More Schuylkill County Research Help Coming to the Internet

[jeff of pa]

Schuylkill County Recorder of Deeds A. Matthew Dudish wants citizens to be able to see on computers as many records as possible — and he has added more than 10,000 maps to documents already viewable at his office’s terminals.

“We’re preserving as well as making things available,” Dudish said last week about the project, which involves taking old maps already in the courthouse, as well as new maps brought in by municipalities and ordinary citizens, and having digital images made of them.

“What we did was we took ... maps that have been recorded as subdivisions and had them imaged into our computer system,” he said. “We’re making them all available in our system to eventually go online.”

maps need not be official ones of subdivision, but can be brought in by anyone, including people who want to record a survey of their property, Dudish said.

having old subdivision maps brought in is particularly useful, since they were not required to be recorded until the middle of the 1980s,

Dudish also said he wants to put the maps and all other documents online, and ACS is helping to design an office Web site where that could be done.

“I’m trying to get everything in,” he said.

http://www.republicanherald.com/art...an.20080721.a.pg3.pr21maps_s1.1806754_loc.txt

 

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[deepskyal]

That's a great tool for us...well you...but those property listings are great. If they set it up right, like Alleg. County did, you can check an entire street and find who owns what. Helps verify those vacant lots that might be public and someone pretends they own it because they cut the grass.

Around my home, I was told INCORRECTLY that, if you maintained a vacant lot for 2 years it automatically became yours. I'm sure there are lots of vacant lots around me that someone THINKS they own. The borough turns and looks the other way if someone does use it...but it's still public...and you know what that means.. ...more places to detect!
Al

 

[jeff of pa]

Schuylkll county already Has the Interactive Property map
With Pics of every Property Etc.
But they are Up to date.

Would love to see something like that with 18th. Century info
of Land owners & Property lines.

Would help with Block Houses, & Properties that were Burned by the Indians
During the french & Indian war. that I just can't Locate

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Re: Still check with townships though......

A few years ago, I was in Pottsville looking for a subdivision, or perhaps a plan of the village of Eastwood. Perhaps I had the wrong person, they stated that some maps were recorded at the township level, this was a early 1900's perhaps late 1800's time frame. I had only limited time (as usuall) and could not find it at the courthouse. Often plans were recorded in deed books. The hunt is half the fun. Good luck

 

[jeff of pa]

Eastwood or Westwood ?

I'm familiar with 2 Westwoods.

One between Pottsville & Minersville

And one in about a Quarter Mile from me & Gone now.
replaced with a Culm burning Power Plant.

Never heard of Eastwood except for "Clint"