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[[Image:Land Patent Flavius Dilts1.png|thumb|200px | [[Image:Land Patent Flavius Dilts1.png|thumb|200px]] [[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 | Several million federal land patent records are available online at the Bureau of Land Management – General Land Office Records (BLM-GLO) site. | ||
== Value of Land Records == | == Value of Land Records == | ||
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== Value of the BLM-GLO Land Patent Search == | == Value of the BLM-GLO Land Patent Search == | ||
The | The Land Patent Search is an index to millions of ancestors in federal land patents from 1788 to the 1960s at the National Archives. Start with this index to get the information needed to obtain the applications for land patents which may be a rich source of genealogical information about a family. The same Internet site also provides access to '''images of patents'''. | ||
== Jurisdictions == | == Jurisdictions == | ||
[[Image:Federal vs. State Land States.png|thumb | [[Image:Federal vs. State Land States.png|thumb]] | ||
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. | ||
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*Look for a spelling variation of names. For ideas see [[Guessing a Name Variation|Guessing a Name Variation]] | *Look for a spelling variation of names. For ideas see [[Guessing a Name Variation|Guessing a Name Variation]] | ||
'''If an ancestor is on the results list''' click on the Accession number to view Patent Details | '''If an ancestor is on the results list''' click on the Accession number to view Patent Details | ||
*Click the '''Printer Friendly''' button to print<br> | *Click the '''Printer Friendly''' button to print<br> | ||
*Click on Patent Image tab to view, save, or print | *Click on '''Patent Image''' tab to view, save, or print | ||
*Click on Related Documents tab to view | *Click on '''Related Documents''' tab to view, save, or print | ||
'''To obtain the application and support documents, known as the case file '''check out | '''To obtain the application and support documents, known as the case file '''check out | ||
*The [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/reference/default.aspx#id=04_Document_Requests%7C02_Land_Entry_Case_File Reference Center] at BLM, select Document Requests, Land Entry Case File. | *The [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/reference/default.aspx#id=04_Document_Requests%7C02_Land_Entry_Case_File Reference Center] at BLM, select Document Requests, Land Entry Case File. | ||