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Public Land Patents can be searched at the [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records Automation website]. The images of patents are available at this website, as well as the information needed to obtain the land-entry case files. The information needed to get the case file is the name of the purchaser, the state where the land was purchased, the name of the land office, the type of certificate (homestead, cash, bounty-land warrant, mining, timberland etc.), and the certificate number or patent number. Then go to the [http://www.archives.gov/research/land NARA website] and click on “order now” using Form NATF 84. It is necessary to register in order to complete the order. There is a fee to get the case file. | Public Land Patents can be searched at the [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records Automation website]. The images of patents are available at this website, as well as the information needed to obtain the land-entry case files. The information needed to get the case file is the name of the purchaser, the state where the land was purchased, the name of the land office, the type of certificate (homestead, cash, bounty-land warrant, mining, timberland etc.), and the certificate number or patent number. Then go to the [http://www.archives.gov/research/land NARA website] and click on “order now” using Form NATF 84. It is necessary to register in order to complete the order. There is a fee to get the case file. | ||
One website showing an interactive township and range map is the [ | One website showing an interactive township and range map is the [https://navigator.blm.gov/home Bureau of Land Management Navigator website]. Select “PLSS tools” under “Map” and then select "Get Lat/Lon from Land Description" and type in the information about the township and range you are interested in seeing on a map, or zoom into the township and range for which you are searching. | ||
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