We heard from Rick Wood this week with a tip for our Canadian researchers. He found this question and answer on Lisa Louise Cooke's site. Rick says: "For our members doing research in Western Canada, this is a good (free) site to pinpoint where your ancestors owned farmland."
The question and answer from Lisa's site follows:
Question:
“I live in Canada and a lot of the Google Earth articles involving land plats
can’t be applied in Canada. The prairie provinces do have a similar land survey
system, with townships, ranges and meridians. I found a website where these can
be converted to coordinates that Google Earth will recognize. However, this
particular website would like to be paid for providing this information (legallandconverter.com). Do
you know of any way these numbers can be converted without paying?”
Answer: “I
have some good news! My very smart son found a free website, prairielocator.com, which
will give you the coordinates of Section, Township, Range and Meridian for the
Canadian prairie provinces. It doesn’t cover quarter sections, but that’s okay
if you know which one your ancestor was on. Please pass this along to your
Canadian fans or Americans who have Canadian ancestors (there are many, I
know).”
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