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==='''VALUE OF LAND RECORDS'''=== | ==='''VALUE OF LAND RECORDS'''=== | ||
Land records are the earliest, largest, and '''''most complete type of record''''' in the United States beginning when the colonists settled the land to show legal proof of ownership. With the opportunity of expansion west of the colonial states and because of the rural nature of America before 1850, as many as 90% of men owned land, making the possibility of finding an ancestor in land records very high. |
Land records are the earliest, largest, and '''''most complete type of record''''' in the United States beginning when the colonists settled the land to show legal proof of ownership. With the opportunity of expansion west of the colonial states and because of the rural nature of America before 1850, as many as 90% of men owned land, making the possibility of finding an ancestor in land records very high. | ||