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Course 8 Schedule

Philadelphia, circa turn of the century Course 8:
Understanding Land Records


This course will include local land records, pre-federal land, federal land, bounty land (Colonial, Revolutionary, and later), Private Land Claims, and land platting.


Faculty:


Course Schedule:

Monday
  • 8:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Opening/County Land Part I (Rose)
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: County Land Part II (Rose)
  • 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
  • 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: The Carolinas & Tennessee Part I (Lowe)
  • 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
  • 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: The Carolinas & Tennessee Part II (Lowe)
Tuesday
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Pre-federal Period - Part I (Bockstruck)
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: Pre-federal Period - Part II (Bockstruck)
  • 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
  • 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Federal Land Records at the National Archives - Part I (Sayre)
  • 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
  • 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Federal Land Records at the National Archives - Part II (Sayre)
Wednesday
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Using Tract Books (McGhie)
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: Computer Lab -- BLM website, land ownership maps (Rose/Sayre)
  • 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
  • 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Land Records in the Serial Set, ASP, and Territorial Papers (Rose/Sayre)
  • 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
  • 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Inheritance (Rose)
Thursday
  • 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Land Platting Workshop (Lowe)
  • 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Morning Break
  • 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: Land Platting Workshop (Lowe)
  • 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Lunch
  • 12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Land Platting Workshop (Lowe)
  • 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Afternoon Break
  • 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Land Platting Workshop (Lowe)
Friday
  • 8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.: Colonial and State Bounty Land (Bockstruck)
  • 9:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.: Federal Bounty Land (Rose)
  • 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Review and Wind-Up (Rose/Sayre)






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