Finally figured it out but won't remember how by tomorrow. I had to insert a name before I could do a real search so not convinced I could go to the ...

@cv I think I might have heard something from someone who thought they might have heard something on one or two TV networks last evening that maybe...

Don't ask me how. Somehow I got to an exchange deed in 1985 in Section 4, Township 3 East, Range 20N, Willamette Meridian. I thought I was going to ...

Our local Register of Deeds can record almost anything so long as it meets some very basic criteria. But, the one thing she refuses to record is a de...

@norman-oklahoma There were two good things about this. First, the obvious one, I was paid well for my services. Second, if things had gone diffe...

Read through the definitions above in the garyg post. For my area, the response is: Close, but, no cigar. The most common term found in NEW descrip...

@norman-oklahoma @protracted Did a search on Google Maps for the Willamette Stone. I'm going to say a forbidden word: chainsaw. Open a hole to t...

Speaking of descriptions and mortgages, I am reminded of a situation I fell into one time. All I was to do was a simple mortgagee title inspection/im...

A folding hand saw with a 10" blade can do wonders on limbs too big for loppers but small for firing up a chain saw.

An appointed County Surveyor in a distant county from the counties where I serve as survey reviewer has interpreted the statutes to say he is the ONLY...

Dive right in, the water is great! Seriously, start a thread by commenting on something you view as the best thing about being a land surveyor.

One of the wonderful things about this site is picking up on the lingo of surveying as it varies from location to location. It may not be pertinent t...

So, once again, the permanently correct answer to a general surveying question is: "It depends."

@murphy Thanks for chipping in here. We don't do the tie to SPC as you do in North Carolina here in Kansas. That's why I made my comment, as a wa...

This is a great topic for discussion. It is far more than a tomaytoe vs tomahtoe or aunt vs ant preference type of thing. Stop me from saying, "I wi...

A fellow surveyor told me over 40 years of a situation virtually identical to the story by Mr. Jones in the Road Riders Book story. In this case, the...

@pls8xx Much like Mr. Jones, I have focused my attention on county records for several decades. The gold we seek can almost always be found in tho...