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North Linthicum Deed Research To return to the main page click here Deed research is perhaps the best way to learn of the history of a house or a neighborhood. It is a window on local, regional and national trends. It also ties the land to individuals who brought their personalities to the evolution of the community. I would like to encourage residents of North Linthicum to conduct their own deed research. By combining the snapshots of the individual deed chains we can some day be able to produce historical maps and lists of property owners for the entire community which will be most helpful in the interpretation of the evolution of the community as well as for the understanding of local, regional and national trends. While one can go to the Hall of Records in Annapolis and move from book to book it is much more convenient these days to do the research on line. Start with the Md. Dept. of Assessments and Taxation Real Property Data Search. http://sdatcert3.resiusa.org/rp_rewrite/ Enter the county and street address. You will then find current property information. Look for the Plat ref which will relate to a map. Further down you will find transfer information. Note the deed numbers and date. With the deed information then go to Select Anne Arundel County and then search accordingly. If for some reason a clerk has failed to properly record the prior transaction you can use index books to find the correct liber and folio numbers. Use the books marked original. If you are searching for a person who has many transactions there will be a special page for that name. Find that page number in the initial index page for that letter of the alphabet. Each instrument is provided in a pdf file. You can download these and then print them out. To make images from them utilize screen capture and paste into an image program and save the image. For Plat or maps you will then go to Plats net Here you can search for any maps that record the property.
Those interested in documenting the history of a neighborhood must start with a deed search combined with a plat map search. Each land transaction must be recorded in an instrument- a deed, mortgage, equity record, will.....Each instrument is given a name. The name consists of the initials of the clerk followed by a liber or book number followed by a page number. More than one instrument can be recorded on any given page. Records are not entered into the book or recorded at the same time that the transaction takes place. Sometimes the date given is for the recording of the instrument other times for the transaction itself. Each deed or instrument must refer to the chain of title. This is a property description given in surveyor's terms i.e. meets and bounds together with the book and page number which records the transaction immediately prior. That is the transaction which records the sale of the land to the person now selling it. The participants in the transaction are called the Grantor-the person who is transferring the land and the Grantee-the person that is receiving the land. Other information on the deed is also important. Transaction costs assessed by the county are based upon the value of a property. As the property is improved the transaction fee will change-go up. So the addition of a structure or the modification of a structure will be revealed. It is also important to pay attention to the names listed as witnessing the transaction as they may be relatives or neighbors. Within the property descriptions it is important to note the names of persons owning adjacent properties and buildings and streets mentioned. Central to the process of deed research is a careful attention to the property description. Individuals often have many transactions in the same year. You want to be sure that you are following the right transaction. Below you will find property descriptions and deed references to the property known as 402 Nancy Ave. It begins with the last transaction and extends back until the point where the property was part of a large tract of land owned by Sweetser Linthicum. Of course one could go back further. Some day this will happen....watch this space. Note-Images are reduced in size for presentation here. They are much much bigger. Right click and have your browser view image. To return to the main page click here May 18, 1923 to Seth H. Linthicum and W. Hampton Linthicum from Seth H. Linthicum (surviving executor of the estate of Sweetser Linthicum) WNW 76 132 (SS No. 1 Folio 295 Will of Sweetser Linthicum)
May 18, 1923 WNW 76-133 J. Chars. Linthicum and Helen (?) A. Linthicum his wife, to Seth Linthicum and W. Hampton Linthicum ground previously leased by Charles and wife to Sweetser Linthicum. (Indicates rent for 99 years) Seth was to pay J. Charles and wife. Same property as described above.
May 18, 1923 WNW 76--135 Property described Mortgage from: Seth, wife Mary, W. Hampton, wife M. Dlema Linthicum (members of the said body corporate) to Linthicum ______building and loan association for $780.00 on six shares of its stock
March 1, 1932 FSR 95-373 Gertrude M. Little from Seth H. Linthicum, (Recorded April 22,1932) March 10, 1932 FSR 96-483 Gertrude M. Little to Seth H. Linthicum (mentioned in 758-478 and in 168-252) February 10, 1937 FAM 168-252 Seth H. Linthicum and Mary P. Linthicum (wife) to M. Delmah Linthicum (wife of W. Hampton Linthicum see above WNW 76-135) and Son Sweetser (mentioned in 431-459 as being larger property referenced to (lot8 of)) Seems to be referenced in terms of "all other parcels conveyed to" March 1, 1944 306-252 Fedelity Trust Trustee for Estate of C. Milton Linthicum To Seth and Mary Linthicum (758-478 notes that Lot 23 which is 402 Nancy is part of First Lot.
September 15, 1947 431-459 M. Delmah Linthicum (widow) and Sweetser Linthicum (single) To Seth H. Linthicum and Mary P. Linthicum 758-478 notes that lot 23 which is 402 Nancy is part of 8th lot
March 16, 1953 758-478 Land Homes Corporation (Seth Linthicum (president), Mary P. Linthicum) To Linthicum-Nowell Home Builders Lot 23 identified as 402 Nancy Ave. Part of first lot of 306-252 and 8th lot of 431-459 Lots 18,19, 20, 21,23,24,25,26
Date of Plat 1952
May 14, 1953 758-481 Linthicum-Nowell Home Builders To William Edgar Byrd and Inez K. Byrd
September 9, 1953 781-225 William Edgar Byord and Inez K. Byrd to The Maryland Building Company
September, 9, 1953 781-233 Maryland Building Company To United Building Company (William Edgar Byrd President
October 20, 1953 791-363 United Building Company to William J. McQuay and Margaret
June 4, 1974 2681-204 William J. McQuay and Margaret A. to George W. Wible Jr. and Mary F. Wible
August 14, 1978 3115-613 George W. Wible Jr. and Mary F. Wible To Stephen B. Armstrong and Terry Lee Armstrong
October 16, 1986 4188-468 Stephen B. Armstrong and Terry Lee Armstrong to Conrad J. Bladey and Mary C. Bladey To return to the main page click here
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