Pretty much my most favorite thing EVER. In fact, one of the reasons we focused on Tennessee and not Virginia in our land search is because most of the TN records are available online whereas only some counties in VA are. You can divulge so much information about an area and its history just from property records!

Mitsy --- Yet more proof that you and I are birds of a feather. I'm sometimes a bit disappointed that our county doesn't have the info online, but have to admit that keeps us a bit more remote from the outside world, which is good.

I have never even heard of this! I am assuming you are at the tax assesor's office or something similar? So cool, I will have to check into it.

Phil --- Stay tuned for all the nitty-gritty details in my post in the morning.

You should have a soil conservation district or something equivalent. They should be able to give you soil maps or information on the quality/type/drainage of that piece of property. Am looking forward to orchard posts from you.

I have soil maps for the county and enjoyed poring over them after we bought our land. (The smart thing to do, of course, is to look before buying your land. ) I probably should do a post about the modern way to look up your soil survey since you can now get all that info online. Good reminder!