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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Washington, United States Genealogy|Washington]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Washington_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]]''__TOC__ | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Washington, United States Genealogy|Washington]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Washington_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]]''__TOC__ | ||
=== Online Resources === | |||
*[http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/ Washington State Digital Archives, Land Records, Plats and Surveys, ] | |||
*{{RecordSearch|2074276|U.S., Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908}} Images only | |||
*[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx Bureau of Land Management Land Patents], index | |||
*{{RecordSearch|1762885|Washington, County Land Records, 1850-1954}} Images.Also at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60225 Ancestry.com], ($), images. | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2179 U.S., Indexed Early Land Ownership and Township Plats, 1785-1898], ($) | |||
=== History of Washington Land === | === History of Washington Land === | ||
Washington is a public land state. The area that now comprises the state was part of the public domain and was administered by the federal government through local land offices under the direction of the General Land Office (GLO), later known as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at http://www.blm.gov/or/st/en.html. The first land office in Washington was established at Olympia in 1855. | Washington is a public land state. The area that now comprises the state was part of the public domain and was administered by the federal government through local land offices under the direction of the General Land Office (GLO), later known as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at http://www.blm.gov/or/st/en.html. The first land office in Washington was established at Olympia in 1855. | ||