January 8, 2026. It was near record high of 71° today in Northeast Mississippi. For summertime work, 95°+ is too hot for me. I sweat on everything...

Here are two more I have run across: 1. Nomenclature confusion: “Run thence North 15 degrees, 45 feet, and 37 inches West for a distance of……” Ev...

@williwaw All property owners know that wood will outlast steel!🤣🤣🤣🤣

@landbutcher464mhz I appreciate the extra work and your thought-provoking analytical responses. They gave me a few more perspectives on boundary pr...

My final solution: The POB axle found at 359 was disturbed and leaning a little. I held to the other found axles at 358, 337, and 357 as good, soli...

@gary_g - the rural adjacent property reads ".....the South Half of the Southwest Quarter......"less and except the property occupied by the.....churc...

Field report from 5/26/25. I calc'd and staked a "LOOK" point for my new northeast corner; not there after searching a wide area. I tried the deed d...

A few clarifications and notes: 1. STR = Section, Township, and Range. The old deed "....lies in the SW 1/4....", and the second deed commences at...

This was an older description, probably written back when the unit length of a rod was more common. I would say probably around the early to mid 1900...

I was pondering the old practice of dividing a rod into parts.?ÿ It seemed a little odd to me as to why a surveyor would divide a 16.5-foot rod into 1...

Regarding the first post entry in which the area was stated as "13 acres, 4 rods and 4 links." from Britannica, it states:?ÿ "rod, old English measur...

Here are some other odd deed calls.?ÿ It is interesting to try and figure out how/where/why a rod is broken into 11 or 16 parts of a fraction.?ÿ One d...

While in the office, trying to crank out some office work, most of the telephone calls begin with "How much does it cost......?"