How to Search

Wood County

ATTORNEY'S LAND & TITLE COMPANY

Post Office Box 896 205 North Main

Quitman, Texas 75783

Telephone: (903) 763-4516 Fax: (903) 763-4100 E-Mail Address: altco@flowerstitlecompanies.com

SIMPLE SEARCH

To perform a SIMPLE SEARCH enter the NAME ONLY (Doe John M) in the Grantor or Grantee field, leave all other fields blank. Change the drop down box from "begin" to "contains" and then select "Do the Search". This method will provide you with the most hits or matches for the criteria you entered. If this search did not produce the hits or matches you were looking for, try searching by just the LAST NAME.

ADVANCED SEARCH

In order to perform an ADVANCED SEARCH the information you are entering must be EXACT. You can perform an advanced search by filling in as many of the fields as you like and set the drop down boxes to "exact", but if your information is incorrect, your hits or matches will be few to none. This search requires that you enter the information in the exact order in which it was indexed. If you are interested in performing an advanced search, we recommend that you read all of the information on How to Search Wood County provided below, it will tell you how to enter your criteria.

How to Search 
Wood County

1. The program is not case sensitive in searching, i.e. searches can use upper or lower case letters or a combination thereof, i.e., "John Doe" can be searched as "DOE JOHN" or "Doe John" or "doe john".

2. The keyword material is indexed with no punctuation by last name, first name, middle name or initial, suffix and prefix. There are no commas, no periods, and no apostrophes. The plant indexing consists of several abbreviations which are addressed by attached exhibits. "Entity Abbreviations" are abbreviations used for company or government entity names. "Plant Abbreviations" are abbreviations used within the context of the search, such as "RLT" instead of "Revocable Living Trust". It is recommended that the searches be conducted using the complete spelling and the abbreviations to assure a complete search.

Example: Doe John M Jr Translated: John M Doe Jr

EXCEPTIONS:

A. Company Names: Search Full Name and by abbreviation.

Example: First National Bank Quitman should be searched as "First National Bank Quitman" and also as "FNBQ".

B. Trusts: Search by keying in the actual name of the trust.

Example: To search for "John M Doe Revocable Living Trust", key in "John M Doe RLT".

C. Estates: Search last name first.

Example: To search for "John Doe Estate", key in "Doe John Decd Est".

D. Probates: To search for John Doe's Probate, key in last name first.

Example: Doe John Decd Est.

E. Government Entities: Search Full Name and by abbreviation.

Example: Search for "Internal Revenue Service" and search for"IRS". Search for "Wood County" by keying in "Wood County" Search for "Texas" by keying in "Texas State of" Search for "Veterans Land Board" and search for "VLB".

3. Try to make the search as broad as possible. A search with too many details may be too time consuming. If there are too many hits with a broad search, retry with a more detailed search.

Example:

Broad search:"Doe J"

Detailed search: "Doe John"

Broad search: "First National Bank"

Detailed search: First National Bank Quitman"

4. Subdivisions and Surveys are indexed as reflected on attached lists.

5. Lot and Block numbers are not indexed with a certain number of spaces.

Examples: Lot 1 = 1 and not 0001; Block 56 = 56 and not 0056;

If searching for part of Lot 4, search Lot 4 and the program will indicate if it is a partial lot. If searching for Block P2 , search "P2" and P-2" .

6. Acreage index: Always use decimals regardless of how the document states the acreage.

Example: 36 ½ acres = 36.5 acres.