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=== Bureau of Land Management Eastern States Office ===
=== Bureau of Land Management Eastern States Office ===
20 M Street SE, Suite 950<br>Washington, D.C.  20003<br>Telephone: 202-912-7700<br>Fax: 202-912-7710<br>E-mail: [mailto:director@blm.gov director@blm.gov]<br>Internet: [https://www.blm.gov/eastern-states Eastern States]
20 M Street SE, Suite 950<br>Washington, D.C.  20003<br>Telephone: 202-912-7700<br>Fax: 202-912-7710<br>E-mail: [mailto:director@blm.gov director@blm.gov]<br>Internet: [https://www.blm.gov/eastern-states Eastern States]
:Original land records for all transfers of U.S. federal land to individuals in those states touching, or east of the Mississippi River. This includes land sales, homesteads, bounty land warrents, mineral, and timberland rights transfers. See the Wiki article '''[[Land Patent Search]]''' for an explanation and link to the index. The BLM also has plat maps, tract books, and the original patents. With a patent description a researcher can access the land entry papers at the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]].<ref name="DB29" />
:Original land records for all transfers of U.S. '''federal land''' to individuals in those states touching, or east of the Mississippi River. This includes land sales, homesteads, bounty land warrents, mineral, and timberland rights transfers. See the Wiki article '''[[Land Patent Search]]''' for an explanation and link to the index. The BLM also has plat maps, tract books, and the original patents. With a patent description a researcher can access the land entry papers at the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]].<ref name="DB29" />


=== [[Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library]]  ===
=== [[Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library]]  ===
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