226 pages with 53 total maps Locating original landowners in maps has never been an easy task-until now. This volume in the Family Maps series contains newly created maps of original landowners (patent maps) in what is now Marion County, Indiana, gleaned from the indexes of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. But it offers much more than that. For each township in the county, there are two additional maps accompanying the patent map: a road map and a map showing waterways, railroads, and both modern and many historical city-centers and cemeteries. Included are indexes to help you locate what you are looking for, whether you know a person’s name, a last name, a place-name, or a cemetery. The combination of maps and indexes are designed to aid researchers of American history or genealogy to explore frontier neighborhoods, examine family migrations, locate hard-to-find cemeteries and towns, as well as locate land based on legal descriptions found in old documents or deeds. The patent-maps are essentially plat maps but instead of depicting owners for a particular year, these maps show original landowners, no matter when the transfer from the federal government was completed. Dates of patents typically begin near the time of statehood and run into the early 1900s. What’s Mapped in this book (that you’ll not likely find elsewhere) … 3104 Parcels of Land (with original landowner names and patent-dates labeled in the relevant map) 45 Cemeteries plus … Roads, and existing Rivers, Creeks, Streams, Railroads, and Small-towns (including some historical), etc. What YEARS are these maps for? Here are the counts for parcels of land mapped, by the decade in which the corresponding land patents were issued: DecadeParcel-count 1820s1533 1830s1533 1840s5 1850s1 1910s18 1920s14 What Cities and Towns are in Marion County, Indiana (and in this book)? Acton, Allisonville, Augusta, Avalon Hills, Beech Grove, Belle Arbor, Belmont, Ben Davis, Benton House, Brendonwood, Bridgeport, Brightwood (historical), Broad Ripple, Broad Ripple, Broadmoor, Brooklyn Heights, Burge Terrace, Camby, Castleton, Chapel Hill, Charle Sumac Estates, Charlesmac Village, Clermont, Clifford Park (historical), Clifton, College Crest, Creekwood, Crossroad Temple, Crows Nest, Cumberland, Dawnbury, Delaware Trails, Devonshire, Drexel Gardens, Driftwood Hills, East Brightwood (historical), Edgewood, Fairview Station, Fairwood Hills, Fall Creek Highland, Farleys Addition, Five Points, Flackville, Germantown, Glendale, Glendale Heights, Glenns Valley, Grandview, Greenbriar, Harrison Place (historical), Highwoods, Holida, Homecroft, Hoover Crest, Indian Creek Estates, Indian Lake, Indianapolis, Ingallston, Irvington, Irvington (historical), Ivanhoe, Ivy Hills, Julietta, Keystone Manor, Knollton Heights, Lawrence, Legendary Hills, Lindenwood, Lynhurst, Mallot Park (historical), Maple Ridge, Mapleton, Mayflower Meadows, Maywood, Meridian Hills, Mickleyville, Millersville, Mount Jackson, New Augusta, Nora, North Crows Nest, North Indianapolis, Northwood (historical), Oaklandon, Perry Manor, Pleasant Acres, Poplar Grove, Rainbow Highlands, Ravenswood, Robinson (historical), Rocky Ripple, Rosedale Hills, Sherwood Forest, Shooters Hill, Shore Acres, Snacks, Southport, Speedway, Spring Hills, Spring Hollow, Spring Mill Estates, Spring Mill Woods, Sterling Heights, Sun Down, Sunnyview, Sunshine Gardens, Traders Point, Tremont, Trilobi Hills, Twin Brooks, University Heights, Valley Mills, Vertland, Wanamaker, Warren Hills, Warren Park, Washington Place, Wellington, West Newton, Westchester Estates, Westover, Westwood, Williams Creek, Wolfington, Woodruff Place, Woodstock, Wynnedale