{"id":6655,"date":"2018-04-12T18:32:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T18:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=6655"},"modified":"2018-04-12T18:32:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T18:32:24","slug":"thomas-chaneys-bedford-county-pennsylvania-land-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=6655","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Chaney\u2019s Bedford County Pennsylvania Land-Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is an excellent example where understanding the records being accessed and crafting an accurate citation is imperative. That citation should be more detailed than just &#8220;an image on a website from Pennsylvania.&#8221; The citation should not just be created because someone said &#8220;citations are important.&#8221;\u00a0 It should be created so that you know what you actually have (in addition to other reasons). That&#8217;s because sometimes there are other records that were generated as a part of the process that generated the specific record that&#8217;s been located.<\/p>\n<p>You want to access those other records because they could provide additional information.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s important for this second image of a land survey for Thomas Chaney in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>For land acquisitions from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania there is not just one document. There could be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>application&#8211;a request for warrant<\/li>\n<li>a warrant&#8211;an order to make a survey<\/li>\n<li>a survey&#8211;the specific description of the property using metes and bounds<\/li>\n<li>a patent&#8211;the document transferring property title to the applicant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember that land acquisitions from the commonwealth are different from transfers where the grantors and grantees are private citizens. Transfers between private citizens usually consist of a deed&#8211;although sometimes surveys may be recorded if there are &#8220;issues&#8221; with the legal description of the property.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second survey I located for Thomas Chaney in Southampton Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6656\" src=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thomas-chaney-plat1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"968\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thomas-chaney-plat1.jpg 968w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thomas-chaney-plat1-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thomas-chaney-plat1-768x566.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6657\" src=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thomas-chaney-plat2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thomas-chaney-plat2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thomas-chaney-plat2-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thomas-chaney-plat2-768x730.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I need to get the other documents that were created as a part of this acquisition process.<\/p>\n<p>I also need to see what I&#8217;m missing. When I compare this survey to the one for the 1850 property, it&#8217;s clear that Thomas owns more land&#8211;a piece that is to the east of the 1850 survey and to the north of the 1816 survey. All three parcels share borders.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6661\" src=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thomas-chaney-how-did-he-get.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thomas-chaney-how-did-he-get.jpg 681w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thomas-chaney-how-did-he-get-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is why it is important to keep comparing what has just been located to what has already been located. If I can&#8217;t find this parcel as a survey and patent&#8211;then Thomas must have acquired the property in another way. Determining how he acquired the property is important. Thomas is supposed to have settled in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in 1786. A few things I need to keep in mind:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When was Thomas approximately born? He can&#8217;t purchase property before he becomes of legal age.<\/li>\n<li>Did Thomas purchase this property? If so was it a purchase from a private individual or from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?<\/li>\n<li>Did Thomas inherit this property? If that&#8217;s the case, there may be no deed transfer in the records.<\/li>\n<li>When was Bedford County formed? If the county formation date was after the property was acquired, the records of acquisition should be recorded in the parent county.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Several things to think about.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0842024972\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0842024972&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=gentipoftheda-20&amp;linkId=8f0d9c0480891a0b879c77e615dfd82e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-amzn-asin=\"0842024972\">Pennsylvania Land Records: A History and Guide for Research<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=gentipoftheda-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0842024972\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0<\/em>by Donna Bingham Munger is an excellent reference.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an excellent example where understanding the records being accessed and crafting an accurate citation is imperative. That citation should be more detailed than just &#8220;an image on a website from Pennsylvania.&#8221; The citation should not just be created because someone said &#8220;citations are important.&#8221;\u00a0 It should be created so that you know what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}