Joyce Menard stated: "I am trying to find where to look to find the original date that L'Anse, MI in the Upper Peninsula was platted. The County (Baraga) wasn't established until 1875 and I believe that the town was platted prior." Counties are like amoebas--they multiply by dividing. Assuming that L'Anse was indeed platted, the plat would have been filed in the county that was subsequently split-off to form Baraga County, or that part of Baraga County. In Texas it was customary for the new county to send researchers to the courthouse(s) of the donor county(ies) to transcribe the real property records affecting the lands in the new county. I'm a bit surprised that this doesn't seem to be the case in this instance. Paul R. Scott, CA, CRM Records Management Officer Harris County, TX A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>