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| After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions have been filed with the county recorder. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of deeds and mortgages for some counties. Visit the Land and Property section of the individual [[California, United States Genealogy#Counties|'''California County''']] Wiki pages for additional information. | | After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions have been filed with the county recorder. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of deeds and mortgages for some counties. Visit the Land and Property section of the individual [[California, United States Genealogy#Counties|'''California County''']] Wiki pages for additional information. |
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| ==Strategy for Locating the Private Land Claims<ref>''California Land and Property'' by Richard G. Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA, 2022; used with permission</ref>==
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| *Search the '''General Land Office (GL0)''' Website: [https://glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx The General Land Office Records (GLO)] at Bureau of Land Management - search for patents for California private land claims; search by name, or by "Grant-Spanish/Mexican" Authority; click on "Related Documents" to download and see the document.
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| *Search the '''Bancroft Library:''' [https://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb109nb422;developer=local;style=oac4;doc.view=items Finding Aid to the Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California, circa 1852-1892]
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| *Search '''FamilySearch''':
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| :*''Index to Private Land Claim Dockets'': {{RecordSearch|4163575|United States, California, Indexes to Private Land Claims Dockets, 1849-1895}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, California, Indexes to Private Land Claims Dockets - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images; ''Also at:'' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61191/ Ancestry] ($)
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| :*''Land Claim Dockets'': {{FHL|2822766|item|disp=California, Land Records: Private Land Claims Dockets, 1849-1895}} at FamilySearch Catalog*
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| :*''Land Records:'' {{FHL|610087|item|disp=Land records 1851-1936}} at FamilySearch Catalog* - partial index and images; focus on rolls 1-3 that contain the district tract books, M1630
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| :*''Index and Calendar to Private Land Grant Cases:'' {{FHL|231761|item|disp=Index and Calendar to Private Land Grant Cases, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1853-1904}} at FamilySearch Catalog* - index; NARA T1214
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| :*''Index to Private Land Grant Cases:'' {{FHL|231979|item|disp=Index to Private Land Grant Cases, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, 1854-1878}} at FamilySearch Catalog* - index; NARA T1215
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| :*''Index to U.S. Northern and Southern District Courts:'' {{FHL|231778|item|disp=Index by County to Private Land Grant Cases, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of California}} at FamilySearch Catalog* - index; NARA T-1216
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| :*''Private Land Grant Cases Circuit Court:'' {{FHL|225508|item|disp=Private Land Grant Cases in the Circuit Court of the Northern District of California, 1852-1910}} at FamilySearch Catalog* - index and images; T1207;
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| *Search the '''California State Archives:'''
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| :*''Spanish and Mexican Land Grants:'' [http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/collections/ussg/ Spanish and Mexican Land Grants, 1855-1875] at California State Archives; ''Also at:'' {{FHL|209107|item|disp=FamilySearch Catalog}}; [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8808/ Ancestry] ($)
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| *Search original records at '''National Archives at College Park; Cartographic Division:'''
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| :*''Complete Expedientes'': [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/596652 California Land Claim Complete Files, ca. 1852–ca. 1856] NAID 596652; List D finding aid is held by the Cartographic division.
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| :*''Incomplete Expedientes'': [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/596663 California Land Claim Incomplete Files, ca. 1852–ca. 1856] NAID 596663; List E finding aid is held by the Cartographic division.
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| :*''Case Expedientes:'' [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/596334 California Land Claim Case Files, ca. 1852–ca. 1856] NAID 596334; Finding aid is held by the Cartographic division.
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| :*''3 Volumes of Diseños:'' [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/593217 California Land Claim Sketch Maps, ca. 1852–ca. 1856] NAID 593217; Finding aid is held by the Cartographic division.
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| *Search original records at the '''National Archives at Washington D.C.:'''
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| :*''Private Land Claims:'' [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5752702 Records of the California Land Commission Relating to Private Land Claims, 1812–1886], NAID 575702
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| :*''Records Concerning Land Private Claims:'' [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5752773 Records Concerning California Private Land Claims, 1857–1861], NAID 5752773
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| ==For Further Reading== | | ==For Further Reading== |