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*Land Title Offices also have parish maps that can be used as plat maps to identify your ancestor’s land holdings, as well as to identify the land owned by other individuals in the surrounding areas. Parish maps are divided into areas that provide names of the original grantees and landowners. | *Land Title Offices also have parish maps that can be used as plat maps to identify your ancestor’s land holdings, as well as to identify the land owned by other individuals in the surrounding areas. Parish maps are divided into areas that provide names of the original grantees and landowners. | ||
*Land records may also be held in '''major archives and libraries''' in Australia. For a listing of archives and their addresses, see the "[[Australia Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]" article in this wiki. | *Land records may also be held in '''major archives and libraries''' in Australia. For a listing of archives and their addresses, see the "[[Australia Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]" article in this wiki. | ||
=== Finding Land Records in the | === Finding Land Records in the FamilySearch Library === | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library, "[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog www.familysearch.org]" has a few land records from Australia; however, all record types are not available for all areas. Search for land records by looking in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | ||
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For all of Australia: [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search AUSTRALIA - LAND AND PROPERTY] <br> | For all of Australia: [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search AUSTRALIA - LAND AND PROPERTY] <br> | ||