LowellDeeds

We're taking advantage of the lull in recordings (our volume is down about 40% from last year at this time) by adding more data and images to the computer system. Thousands of marginal references have been entered in a database that will soon be imported into our regular computer system. We have also rescanned more than 900 plans to improve the quality of those images. Back in 1998 when we purchased our first plan scanner, it was relatively unsophisticated (as were we when it came to creating plan images), so quite a few of our early plan scans were not of the best quality. Since then, we've added a very accurate Xerox plan scanner that yields a much better quality image. That's what we've used to do these rescans. We are also scanning thousands of Registered Land documents. As most of you know, Registered Land is a separate recording system. Unlike recorded land, where we return original documents to the owners, all Registered Land documents are retained by the registry of deeds. Providing the paper original to a customer for viewing is a very inefficient way to operate, however, so we're scanning all of these documents right into our computer system. It's a big project - there are more than 150,000 documents to scan, but we've started and will keep you informed of our progress. Finally, don't forget our live chat session tomorrow (Friday) at 3:00 P.M. Just follow the link from our webpage.