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 === Colonial Land Grants  ===
-[[Portal:Florida|Florida]] was a disputed possession of England, France, and Spain in turn until it finally became a possession of the United States in 1821. A board of land commissioners for West Florida was established in 1822 and for East Florida in 1823 to process claims to lands previously granted by other nations. These documents, as well as land ancestries and homestead records, are at the Florida State Archives. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of some of the archive's files, including:
+[[Florida]] was a disputed possession of England, France, and Spain in turn until it finally became a possession of the United States in 1821. A board of land commissioners for West Florida was established in 1822 and for East Florida in 1823 to process claims to lands previously granted by other nations. These documents, as well as land ancestries and homestead records, are at the Florida State Archives. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of some of the archive's files, including:
 ''Spanish Land Grant Archives, 1764-1844.'''''<i>&nbsp;</i>'''(Family History Library microfilms [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=293032&disp=Spanish+land+grant+archives%2C+1764-18++ 1020288-95].) These are written in Spanish and English. Some are indexed. Many of these are transcribed in S''panish Land Grants in Florida: Briefed Translations from the Archives of the Board of Commissioners'', Five Volumes. (Tallahassee, Florida: Historical Records Survey, 1940-1941; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=143451&disp=Spanish+land+grants+in+Florida++ 975.9 R2hs]; Family History Library microfilms [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=143451&disp=Spanish+land+grants+in+Florida%20%20&columns=*,0,0 897334-35] or [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=143451&disp=Spanish+land+grants+in+Florida%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1020203-4]).&nbsp; The State Archives of Florida have placed copies of [http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/SpanishLandGrants/index.cfm The Spanish Land Grants] on-line.