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{{TOC left}}Land patents 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. | {{TOC left}}Land patents 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 from 1788 to the 1960s are available online at the Bureau of Land Management – General Land Office Records (BLM-GLO) site. | Several million federal land patent records from 1788 to the 1960s are available online at the Bureau of Land Management – [https://glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx 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 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'''. | 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 [https://glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx 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 == | ||