Field notes · GoBRS + Goby

Meet Goby, the agentic deed researcher that traces the chain of title for you

Instead of spending hours poring over deeds, tag Goby in and watch him pick up the work, or give Goby several jobs at once and come back to a .gobrs project for each, ready to review.*

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* How far Goby gets on a job depends on the records it can reach. Some jobs need you along the way: a captcha, a sign-in, a fee, or a deed that isn't online. Goby says what it couldn't do and how sure it is of every line it drew, and its work is yours to check before you rely on it.

Bucksport's tax map 29 in GoBRS, with lots 80, 81 and 82 drawn by Goby from their deeds between US Route 1 and the Penobscot River. Where a deed gives no measurement, the line is dashed and follows the tax map.

Bucksport, Maine · map 29, lots 80–82 · drawn by Goby from the deeds

What Goby does

Goby works inside the same GoBRS you use by hand: every deed it finds, every line it draws and every word it links is in front of you, to check and change.

Item	Notes
Learns your registry	Show Goby how your county's registry works, and which sites it may use. It proves what it learned on a test deed of yours before it relies on it, then uses it on every job.
Finds and reads the deeds	Goby searches the records, opens each instrument and follows the title back through its recitals. It reads typed and handwritten deeds, old script included.
Builds the chain of title	Each deed goes on its lot's line in the Chain of Title, with its book and page, its parties and its document. Lots split and merge as the deeds divide and combine them.
Draws from the deeds	Every lot is drawn from its deed's own calls, on the town's tax map. Where a deed gives no bearing or distance, the tax map only guides that line, and it's drawn as not exact. Goby never traces a lot off the map.
Shows how sure it is	Each line and monument is graded direct, approximate or uncertain, and linked to the deed's words that place it. Where a deed and the tax map disagree, the drawing stays as the deed says and the difference is reported.
Auto mode	Turn on Auto mode and give Goby a list of addresses. It works each job until it's done, and stops only when it needs you: a captcha, a sign-in or a fee.
Your own server	Each firm's Goby runs on a server of its own. Download any job as one `.gobrs` file at any time.

GoBRS on a real job: the Bucksport Town Office lot's four strips drawn on the town's tax map as they stood in 1850; at top right, the 1847 deed with each call of its description boxed, the Carter tract's lines it describes lit on the map; at bottom right, the chain of title — **Fig. 1** A real job in GoBRS: the Bucksport Town Office lot as it stood in 1850, drawn by Goby from the deeds on the town's tax map, beside the 1847 deed, each call of its description marked against the line it describes, and the chain of title.

How a job goes

Step	Notes
1. Start it	Type the parcel's address, or a list of them with Auto mode on. Goby makes a project for each.
2. Goby researches	It finds the deeds, builds the chain of title, sizes and turns the tax map sheet, and draws each lot as it stood at every date in the chain.
3. You review	Drag the timeline and watch the lots change. Open any deed beside the map, at the words that place a line. Correct anything by hand.
4. Hand it over	Download the job as one `.gobrs` file. Your client opens it free at viewer.gobrs.ai.

Try GoBRS + Goby in the Beta

GoBRS + Goby is in Beta testing alongside GoBRS. If you'd like to try Goby on your own jobs and tell us how it does, email [email protected].