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=== Land Companies === | === Land Companies === | ||
To encourage settlement of large tracts of land, many colonies and states allowed land speculators, often organized as land companies, to purchase large tracts of land for resale to settlers. Records of these transactions may be difficult to obtain. They may have remained in private possession, or have been deposited in a state, local, or private archives or historical society. Some have also been published. The | To encourage settlement of large tracts of land, many colonies and states allowed land speculators, often organized as land companies, to purchase large tracts of land for resale to settlers. Records of these transactions may be difficult to obtain. They may have remained in private possession, or have been deposited in a state, local, or private archives or historical society. Some have also been published. The FamilySearch Library has copies of some of these records (especially the published sources) such as the Susquehannah Company Papers. Land company records are generally listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under [STATE] - LAND AND PROPERTY.<ref>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [[United States Land and Property|''United States]] Research Outline'', "Land and Property." Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1988, 2002. NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into this Wiki site and is being updated as time permits.</ref> | ||
=== Railroads === | === Railroads === | ||
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