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=== Government Land Transfers === | === Government Land Transfers === | ||
As the United States acquired territory, unsettled land became public domain and was sold by the federal government. The first general land office to serve Illinois was at [[Kaskaskia, Illinois|Kaskaskia]], which opened for land sales to the general public in 1814. | |||
Both federal and state officials kept records regarding land transfers from government to private ownership, and personal information in the federal records may not be identical to information in the state records. | |||
==== '''Public Domain Land Tract Sales''' ==== | ==== '''Public Domain Land Tract Sales''' ==== | ||
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==== '''Bureau of Land Management''' ==== | ==== '''Bureau of Land Management''' ==== | ||
The Bureau of Land Management and General Land Office (BLM-GLO) has an on line [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch Land Patent Search] which 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 for the eastern federal land states. | The Bureau of Land Management and General Land Office (BLM-GLO) has an on line [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch Land Patent Search] which 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 for the eastern federal land states. | ||
==== '''Helpful Publications''' ==== | ==== '''Helpful Publications''' ==== | ||