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[[Image:Land Patent Flavius Dilts1.png|thumb|200px]] [[United States Land and Property|United States Land and Property]] | [[Image:Land Patent Flavius Dilts1.png|thumb|200px|Land Patent Flavius Dilts1.png]] [[United States Land and Property|United States Land and Property]] | ||
Land patents from 1788 to the 1960s show information about people who obtained the title to their land directly from the government (rather than from another individual). This includes land obtained through military bounty land warrants, land grants, cash entry sales, credit entries, homesteads, mineral or mining, and timberland claims. | Land patents from 1788 to the 1960s show information about people who obtained the title to their land directly from the government (rather than from another individual). This includes land obtained through military bounty land warrants, land grants, cash entry sales, credit entries, homesteads, mineral or mining, and timberland claims. | ||
Several million federal land patent records are available online at the Bureau of Land Management – General Land Office Records (BLM-GLO) site. For a [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=0 Land Patent Search], the minimum information needed is the State where the land is located and the name of the person receiving the land patent. | |||
== Value of Land Records == | == Value of Land Records == | ||
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== Jurisdictions == | == Jurisdictions == | ||
[[Image:Federal vs. State Land States.png|thumb]] | [[Image:Federal vs. State Land States.png|thumb|Federal vs. State Land States.png]] | ||
The thirteen original colonies and their five daughter states (Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee) are considered state land states. Texas and Hawaii have unique histories and are also state land states. The remaining thirty western states are federal land states. The online BLM-GLO Land Patent Search is primarily for goverment-to-individual land conveyances in federal land states west and south of the original thirteen colonies. | The thirteen original colonies and their five daughter states (Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee) are considered state land states. Texas and Hawaii have unique histories and are also state land states. The remaining thirty western states are federal land states. The online BLM-GLO Land Patent Search is primarily for goverment-to-individual land conveyances in federal land states west and south of the original thirteen colonies. | ||
Land transfers from a state land state to an individual, or later transfers from '''individual to individual in any state''' are found in their respective state or county land offices and are '''not''' part of the BLM-GLO Land Patent Search. Those types of land transactions can usually be researched in the [[Portal:United States Land and Property|land and property]] records at county courthouses or state archives.<br> | Land transfers from a state land state to an individual, or later transfers from '''individual to individual in any state''' are found in their respective state or county land offices and are '''not''' part of the BLM-GLO Land Patent Search. Those types of land transactions can usually be researched in the [[Portal:United States Land and Property|land and property]] records at county courthouses or state archives.<br> | ||
A separate Texas General Land Office online Land Grant Database search is available at http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsSearch.cfm | A separate Texas General Land Office online Land Grant Database search is available at http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsSearch.cfm | ||
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'''If the results list is too long''' redo the search with an added name, state, county, or other detail. | '''If the results list is too long''' redo the search with an added name, state, county, or other detail. | ||
I'''f the results list is too short''' redo the search and try these:<br> | I'''f the results list is too short''' redo the search and try these:<br> | ||
*Delete a name, state (change to ALL STATES), county, or other detail. The fewer the search parameters, the larger the search will be. | *Delete a name, state (change to ALL STATES), county, or other detail. The fewer the search parameters, the larger the search will be. | ||
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The [http://www.arphax.com/ ''Family Maps'' series of Land Patent Books and ''Texas Land Survey Maps''] series. County maps "for original settlers whose purchases are indexed either in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management database of the Texas General land Office database." (Arphax Publishing) | The [http://www.arphax.com/ ''Family Maps'' series of Land Patent Books and ''Texas Land Survey Maps''] series. County maps "for original settlers whose purchases are indexed either in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management database of the Texas General land Office database." (Arphax Publishing) | ||
[[15 Minutes of Family History|15 Minutes of Family History]] | [[15 Minutes of Family History|15 Minutes of Family History]] | ||
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[[Category:United_States|United_States]] [[Category:United_States_Land_and_Property]] [[Category:National_Archives_and_Records_Administration]] | [[Category:United_States|United_States]] [[Category:United_States_Land_and_Property]] [[Category:National_Archives_and_Records_Administration]] | ||