Posted by Thecurious I was wondering also what site or however do you find the ownership of the plats?
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GIS data. It's free data, and available in most counties across the country. Some are better than others, and offer a complete history of ownership for free. This particular county only shows the current owner, but a more complete report is available for a fee.
The way each GIS site works can vary, so you'll probably fumble for a bit with each. But after a while you'll learn to navigate them all. I use Google to find the GIS for whatever county/state. Occasionally, you'll find a county that has nothing, or a site that is impossible to navigate. 9/10 it's pretty easy once you've figured the quirks out.
Example:
Google "Green Bay Wisconsin county of" to find the county name.
Google "Brown County Wisconsin GIS"
It may not return in the first result, but it is almost always on the top half of the page. After a while you'll be able to spot the right one, but in general you are looking for a ".gov" link or a link with "ArcGIS" in it. After that, with one you've not used before, you'll probably fumble a bit to get to the actual interactive GIS map, but you'll find it. I'll PM you a couple to play with....