Welcome
Welcome to the Web site of the Hartland, Vermont ancient roads working group. These pages contain information and links to information useful to the working group. Towns throughout Vermont are working to document what are termed "UNIDENTIFIED CORRIDORS" in legislation H.0701. The purpose of the act is to determine what public rights of way are still defined in town records, then to either make the clear decision to keep the right of way or to let the corridor revert to the land owner(s). The end result is to remove unused and sometimes invisible rights of way from property records, and eliminate future "surprises" for landowners.
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Goals of the Hartland Ancient Roads Committee
The goals of the Hartland Ancient Roads Committee, as outlined by the Town's Selectboard is as follows:"Ancient roads program was discussed. It was concluded that our goal should be at least the identification of Class 4 Roads and Legal Trails. These to be added to existing maps."
News
Next Committee Meeting — There are currently no meetings scheduled.
Here's what's up... Most road surveys have been transcribed from the Town records to Excel spreadsheets and have been double-checked for accuracy. Spreadsheet data for a few road segments have been transferred into GIS software. We are now starting the (often difficult) task of pinpointing exactly where on the map each road segment belongs. Some of these road segments were plotted to scale on clear plastic, so they can be overlayed onto a town map, and moved around to find a good fit. Properly locating each road segment will be very difficult, as most landmarks referenced in the original surveys have long-since disappeared. Stay tuned and keep in touch.
New - A list server has been created for the Hartland Ancient Roads Committee. This will make it easier for committee members to send messages to the entire group, without having to maintain a list of all members on your own computer. The first step is to register your e-mail address by visiting this page. In the section Subscribing to HartlandAncientRoads, enter your e-mail address, name, and a password of your choice. In the section Using HartlandAncientRoads, you can find the address to use for sending messages to the entire group. Each request for inclusion on the list will be reviewed by the list administrator.
Recent changes to this Web site —
- Listen to Vermont Public Radio's Vermont Edition program on Ancient Roads. Find a link to it on the Reference Material page.
- Added a clickable map of Hartland's cemeteries. Click on a cemetery location, and be taken to the Hartland Historical Society's Web site, and listing of burials at that cemetery. Find a link to it on the Reference Material page.
- The most significant improvement is the addition of a search feature to the top of each Web page. Enter a word or term for which you want to search, click the "search" button, and the Hartland Ancient Roads Web site will be searched for matching references. This site is growing slowly, and I hope that the search feature will help you find what you need.
- A new item has been added to the menubar at the top of each page called "Tracking". From there you can find information for tracking the progress of various phases of the committee's work.
- As always, please send your comments and questions to AncientRoads@ruralvt.com.
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