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After land was transferred from the government to private individuals, subsequent land transactions, including [[Deeds|deeds]] and mortgages, were recorded by the register of deeds and are generally kept at the county courthouse. These records usually date back to the time of the county's organization and frequently have grantor (seller) and grantee (buyer) indexes. The Family History has microfilm copies of many counties’ deeds and indexes, some homestead and mortgage records, and a few original entries. For example, from Polk County, the library has 112 microfilms of deeds and mortgages, dating from 1846 to 1910. | After land was transferred from the government to private individuals, subsequent land transactions, including [[Deeds|deeds]] and mortgages, were recorded by the register of deeds and are generally kept at the county courthouse. These records usually date back to the time of the county's organization and frequently have grantor (seller) and grantee (buyer) indexes. The Family History has microfilm copies of many counties’ deeds and indexes, some homestead and mortgage records, and a few original entries. For example, from Polk County, the library has 112 microfilms of deeds and mortgages, dating from 1846 to 1910. | ||
*Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission ''Century farm applications'' Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978. A valuable biographical collection about farm owners in Iowa whose farms remained within a family for 100 years or more. {{FHL| | *Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission ''Century farm applications'' Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978. A valuable biographical collection about farm owners in Iowa whose farms remained within a family for 100 years or more. {{FHL|409019|item}}, films 1023895-1023902. | ||
*State Historical Society of Iowa ''County Government Records''. The State Historical Society, in conjunction with the Genealogical Society of Utah, has "aided county governments in the preservation of their historical records including marriage, birth and death records, naturalization papers and land deeds. Microfilm copies of many of these county records are available in the libraries’ reading rooms." You may search the lists of county records available on microfilm at the State Historical Society of Iowa's Des Moines Library by clicking [http://www.iowahistory.org/libraries/county-records/index.html here.] | *State Historical Society of Iowa ''County Government Records''. The State Historical Society, in conjunction with the Genealogical Society of Utah, has "aided county governments in the preservation of their historical records including marriage, birth and death records, naturalization papers and land deeds. Microfilm copies of many of these county records are available in the libraries’ reading rooms." You may search the lists of county records available on microfilm at the State Historical Society of Iowa's Des Moines Library by clicking [http://www.iowahistory.org/libraries/county-records/index.html here.] | ||