Wisconsin Land and Property: Difference between revisions

:*Hammes, Raymond H. ''Cahokia books B and C, land records (1800-1820) and historical material (ca. 1671-1819)-, 1671-1820'' Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. {{FHL|533302|item}}, film 1543598 item 1. Both books B and C include historical documents and transcriptions. Book B includes a historical chronology of events, 1671-1818. Includes general indexes with each book.

:*''Land records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI, 1790-1907'' [S.I.]:Broderbund, c1996. {{FHL|782723|item}}, CD-ROM no. 9 pt. 255. Summary: Records show who obtained what land from the U.S. Government and when. Source documents include homesteads, chas sales, warrants, private land claims, swamp lists, state selections and railroad lists. Records included may not be comprehensive for the time and region covered.

:*Ainsworth, Fern ''Private land claims, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin'' [Natchitoches, Louisiana : F. Ainsworth, 198-?] {{FHL|538634|item}}, book 977 R2a. This book contains a private land claims docket index for the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.

:*''[[The Territorial Papers of the United States|The Territorial papers of the United States]]; the territory of Wisconsin, 1836-1848 : a microfilm supplement'' Washington, District of Columbia:National Archives and Records Administration, 1959. 122 microfilm rolls beginning with film 1601731, {{FHL|588787|item}}. Each roll has a list of materials on the rolls in the series. The targets for the maps give an explanation of the maps. Letters and journals have an arrow which points at Wisconsin material. Dates noted are for the roll and are not necessarily in that order.

:*Wisconsin, State Historical Society. ''Wisconsin Domesday book, town studies.'' [Madison:State Historical Society of Wisconsin], c1924-(Minasha, Wisconsin:George Santa Pub. Co.) {{FHL|80231|item}}, book 977.5 E3w. Includes index.

*United States. Bureau of Land Management. ''Card Files''. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Land Management, 19—. On 160 Family History Library films beginning with film 1501522,{{FHL|511740|item}}. Each card contains the following information: Certificate number District Land Office Kind of entry (cash, credit, warrant, etc.) Name of patentee and county of origin Land description Number of acres Date of patent Volume and page where document can be located . Because these index cards are arranged by township and range within each state, the researcher will need to already have an approximate legal description in order to access these cards.

*United States. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Land Management. ''Wisconsin, 1820–1908 Cash and Homestead Entries, Cadastral Survey Plats.'' Version 7.3. Springfield, Virginia: BLM Eastern States, 1994. {{FHL|774878|item}}, CD-ROM no. 38 supp. Not available at Family History Centers. These records are patents issued by the federal government. Researchers can search for information about land titles through any one of six categories: land description, patentee name, patent authority, land office, certificate number, or county.

*United States. Bureau of Land Management. ''Tract Books''. Washington DC: Records Improvement, Bureau of Land Management, 1957. (The Family History Library films for Minnesota are 1445629–76. {{FHL|607931|item}} Use the Author/Title Search of the microfiche catalog to find film numbers. The tract books devote a page or so to each land section in a township. They list the name of the first owner of each quarter section or the certificate number or both.

*United States. Bureau of Land Management. ''Tract Books.'' Washington, D.C.: Records Improvement, Bureau of Land Management, 1957. On 1,265 Family History Library films beginning with 1445277 {{FHL|607931|item}}.