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The Family History Library has two different compact discs that contain indexes to the Wisconsin pre-1908 land entry case files at the Bureau of Land Management. You can search these discs by the name of the patentee and learn the township and range, the date, and the patent number. With this information you can send for copies of the original records from the National Archives—Reference Branch. Ask for form 84. The two discs are: | The Family History Library has two different compact discs that contain indexes to the Wisconsin pre-1908 land entry case files at the Bureau of Land Management. You can search these discs by the name of the patentee and learn the township and range, the date, and the patent number. With this information you can send for copies of the original records from the National Archives—Reference Branch. Ask for form 84. The two discs are: | ||
*''Index to BLM Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI''. Novato, California: Broderbund Software, Family Tree Maker, 1996. ( | *''Index to BLM Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI''. Novato, California: Broderbund Software, Family Tree Maker, 1996. (Family History Library CD no. 9 pt. 255.) | ||
*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. ( | *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. (Family History Library compact disc no. 38. 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. | ||
The Family History Library has the Bureau of Land Management tract books on microfilm. You need to know the township and range where the land was located before searching these tract books. You may find the township and range information in a county history or deed record. Tract books are available in: | The Family History Library has the Bureau of Land Management tract books on microfilm. You need to know the township and range where the land was located before searching these tract books. You may find the township and range information in a county history or deed record. Tract books are available in: | ||
*United States. Bureau of Land Management. ''Tract Books.'' Washington, D.C.: Records Improvement, Bureau of Land Management, 1957. (On 1,265 | *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.) | ||
The Family History Library also has an index to some of the Federal land patents. You need to know the township and range where the land was located in order to use this index.: | The Family History Library also has an index to some of the Federal land patents. You need to know the township and range where the land was located in order to use this index.: | ||
*United States. Bureau of Land Management. ''Card Files''. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Land Management, 19—. (On 160 | *United States. Bureau of Land Management. ''Card Files''. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Land Management, 19—. (On 160 Family History Library films beginning with 1501522.) | ||
== County Records == | == County Records == | ||
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After land was transferred to private ownership, all subsequent transactions, including deeds and mortgages, were recorded by the register of deeds. These records usually date back to the time of the county's organization and frequently have grantor (seller) and grantee (buyer) indexes. They are available at the county courthouse. Many of the county indexes and a few of the deeds are on microfilm at the Family History Library. For example, the library has copies of Milwaukee County mortgage records and indexes (1836-1916) on 103 microfilms and Dane County deeds (1883-1886) and indexes (1835-1915) on 87 films. Look for these county land records in the Family History Library Catalog under WISCONSIN, [COUNTY] - LAND AND PROPERTY.<br><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | After land was transferred to private ownership, all subsequent transactions, including deeds and mortgages, were recorded by the register of deeds. These records usually date back to the time of the county's organization and frequently have grantor (seller) and grantee (buyer) indexes. They are available at the county courthouse. Many of the county indexes and a few of the deeds are on microfilm at the Family History Library. For example, the library has copies of Milwaukee County mortgage records and indexes (1836-1916) on 103 microfilms and Dane County deeds (1883-1886) and indexes (1835-1915) on 87 films. Look for these county land records in the Family History Library Catalog under WISCONSIN, [COUNTY] - LAND AND PROPERTY.<br><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Wisconsin.ASP Wisconsin Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | |||
''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/Rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Wisconsin.ASP Wisconsin Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | |||
[[Category:Wisconsin]] | [[Category:Wisconsin]] | ||