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Applied Technology Resources - Verlene Miller/AL
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Re: Applied Technology Resources - Marte Smith/WI
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SHOCKED! - Michaela Urban/OH
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Mass AG sues major banks over foreclosures - Leigh Attridge/MA
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The Wikipedia of Land Registration Systems - Leigh Attridge/MA
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Comment on "The Loose-Lipped Auctioneer" - Source of Title/OH
11/29/2011 6:03:52 PM (2573 views)
Driven by a little old lady... - Leigh Attridge/MA
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ATR - Applied Technology Resources - Non Payment - Do not work for - Greg Paszkiewicz/NJ
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Re: ATR - Applied Technology Resources - Non Payment - Do not work for - Jason E/GA
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Insourcing as opposed to outsourcing - Jeanine Johnson/MN
11/28/2011 4:29:27 PM (2857 views)
Re: Insourcing as opposed to outsourcing - Leigh Attridge/MA
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Re: Insourcing as opposed to outsourcing - kathleen kuhr/MI
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Re: Insourcing as opposed to outsourcing - Tony Costa/LA
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Re: Insourcing as opposed to outsourcing - Deborah Jackson/GA
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Re: Insourcing as opposed to outsourcing - Nils Nelson/ME
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Oil, Gas and Mineral Abstracting - Jeanine Johnson/MN
11/28/2011 4:20:42 PM (2782 views)
Re: Oil, Gas and Mineral Abstracting - Scott Perry/PA
11/29/2011 11:43:40 PM (6090 views)

Hello, Jeanne,

Thanks for posting about this topic.  I wanted to take the occasion to respond to your inquiry about the indices.  In Pennsylvania, the information is usually indexed in the regular Grantor-Grantee indices, but the location of the records does vary from county to county.  For example, in most jurisdictions, Sheriff’s Deeds and Treasurer’s Deeds can be found in the Recorder of Deeds’ office, while in others, such instruments are kept in the Office of the Prothonotary (Pennsylvania’s clerk of the civil court).

It does help to be familiar with how the records were organized and what they were called during a given period of time, because as times change, so do the names and headings of the indices. In Clearfield County, oil & gas leases were recorded separately in the Miscellaneous Books from the 1800s up to about the mid-1980s, after which they were included in the general Deed and Record index.  Watch for names such as “Lease Docket”, “Agreement Book”, etc.  Road & Bridge Dockets can be sometimes useful for determining the location of abandoned rights-of-way.  As an interesting sidenote, I’ve run into indices from the late 19th & early 20th centuries with such headings as, “Drunkards & Lunaticks” and “Feeble-Minded Persons”.

A challenge I’ve run into in the county where I’m working now is incomplete probate records.  The office has a complete microfilm record of the proceedings for both testate and intestate estates, but for some reason, the Wills for the testate files were never scanned.  I found myself having to pay a visit to the local Historical Society to obtain copies of Wills that I needed for a due diligence title I was working on.  Why this county saw fit to just give those books away without first copying them to microfilm is beyond me.

I haven’t found much out there specific to oil & gas, but I recently found a great book online at Google Books entitled “A Practical Treatise on Abstracts and Examinations of Title to Real Property”.  I have the fourth edition from the 1920s and it’s a bit cumbersome at first until you get accustomed to the author’s style (did people really talk like that back then?) but overall is well-written and rich in detail.  There’s also “The Abstractor’s Bible: A Complete System for Searching A Real Estate Title and Analyzing Court House Real Estate Records” by William F. Hoffmeyer, a York County real estate attorney and nationally recognized expert on conveyancing.  Again, it’s not oil & gas-specific, but nevertheless an informative and useful volume if you’re looking for a good reference book for researching titles in Pennsylvania.

Hope this helps, Jeanne.

Regards,
Scott Perry

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Re: Oil, Gas and Mineral Abstracting - Alix Ott/MI
12/5/2011 6:54:16 AM (2828 views)
Re: Oil, Gas and Mineral Abstracting - Nancy Walker/AZ
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Steven J. Baum closing the doors. - Dorothy Payne/NY
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RedVision; marketing perspective - William Pattison /CA
11/23/2011 6:18:59 PM (2408 views)

Hamp Foreclosures - mason haas/NY
11/23/2011 12:30:36 PM (2555 views)
Re: Hamp Foreclosures - Mary  Johnson/OH
11/28/2011 10:32:16 AM (2612 views)
Re: Hamp Foreclosures - Robert Franco/OH
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Re: Hamp Foreclosures - Mary  Johnson/OH
11/29/2011 9:57:48 AM (2803 views)
Re: Hamp Foreclosures - Robert Franco/OH
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Re: Hamp Foreclosures - Mary  Johnson/OH
12/2/2011 9:12:35 AM (2480 views)

Comment on "ALTA Researching Proposals for Federal Mortgage Recordation System" - Source of Title/OH
11/23/2011 10:05:33 AM (2368 views)
MERS 2x - Jeanine Johnson/MN
11/23/2011 10:05:34 AM (2698 views)
Re: MERS 2x - William Pattison /CA
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Stuff It: 1937 - Leigh Attridge/MA
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Thanksgiving 1940 - Leigh Attridge/MA
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The Ironies of the Legal Profession ? - Leigh Attridge/MA
11/20/2011 4:49:07 PM (3631 views)

What They Don't Teach Law Students: Lawyering - Leigh Attridge/MA
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