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Some tax records, land grants, state patents and state tract books are available online. Follow the link above to the State Land Office to accesst these records online. | Some tax records, land grants, state patents and state tract books are available online. Follow the link above to the State Land Office to accesst these records online. | ||
Each office created several sets of records and indexes. {{FHL|410784|item|disp=Land tract books, | Each office created several sets of records and indexes. {{FHL|410784|item|disp=Land tract books, FS Library Film 1318189 (first of 21 films)}} arranged by ranges and townships for the years 1807 to 1870 are also at the State Land Office and the Family History Library. | ||
Since statehood, subsequent transfers of land between private owners have been recorded by the local clerk of court in each parish. Some records are filed in notarial books. They are often called “conveyances” and have vendor/vendee indexes. | Since statehood, subsequent transfers of land between private owners have been recorded by the local clerk of court in each parish. Some records are filed in notarial books. They are often called “conveyances” and have vendor/vendee indexes. | ||
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