The tract index books are arranged by plat and thereunder by block and lot numbers. When you find your property, you will see a series of columns in groups of three. You read down each set of three columns to the bottom, then start at the top of the next set of three. The first column is labeled Vol. In the Vol.
Page indicates the page within the volume on which the transaction is found.
Note the citation for each transaction, get help in locating the volumes referenced, and turn to the page indicated to locate the transaction. In this way, you can trace a complete legal history of the changes in ownership or status of your property. If the register of deeds office does not have a tract index, you must use the grantor-grantee indexes . The easiest way to start is to first find the current owner in the index of property owners maintained by the register of deeds, which will reveal the volume and page number where that deed is recorded. This gives you the previous seller, who in turn becomes the yet more previous buyer, and so on.