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The following publications may help you locate early records: | The following publications may help you locate early records: | ||
Beers, Henry Putney. ''Spanish and Mexican Records of the American Southwest: A Bibliographic Guide to Archive and Manuscript Sources''. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1979. | *Beers, Henry Putney. ''Spanish and Mexican Records of the American Southwest: A Bibliographic Guide to Archive and Manuscript Sources''. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1979. | ||
*Van Ness, John R. and Christine Van Ness. ''Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in New Mexico and Colorado''. Manhattan, Kansas: AG Press, 1981. | |||
Van Ness, John R. and Christine Van Ness. ''Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in New Mexico and Colorado''. Manhattan, Kansas: AG Press, 1981. | |||
=== Federal and State Records === | === Federal and State Records === | ||
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When the United States acquired Colorado, most of the land was unclaimed and became part of the public domain. The federal government transferred land to private ownership through land offices in a process called land entry. The first general land office in Colorado was established in 1863 near Denver. Most of the land office records are at the [http://www.archives.gov/rocky-mountain/ National Archives—Rocky Mountain Region (Denver]). Land entry cases are at the National Archives. Patents and copies of tract books and township plats are at: | When the United States acquired Colorado, most of the land was unclaimed and became part of the public domain. The federal government transferred land to private ownership through land offices in a process called land entry. The first general land office in Colorado was established in 1863 near Denver. Most of the land office records are at the [http://www.archives.gov/rocky-mountain/ National Archives—Rocky Mountain Region (Denver]). Land entry cases are at the National Archives. Patents and copies of tract books and township plats are at: | ||
:Bureau of Land Management<br> | |||
:Colorado State Office<br> | |||
:2850 Youngfield Street<br> | |||
:Lakewood, CO 80215<br> | |||
:Telephone: 303-239-3600<br> | |||
:Fax: 303-239-3933 <br> | |||
:http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en.html | |||
=== County Records === | === County Records === | ||