Ohio Land and Property: Difference between revisions

Prior to the [http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/ordinance/ Northwest Ordinance of 1787], the colonies of Connecticut, Virginia, New York, and Massachusetts all had claim on land that is now part of Ohio. Only Virginia and Connecticut continued to claim specific areas of Ohio land after 1787.  

=== Federal Land Grants  ===

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*'''[http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohclark/Maps/Betmiamissurvey.pdf The Between the Miamis Survey or Ludlow's Survey]'''. Though surveyed by the federal government, these lands continued the unorthodox survey system used in the adjoining Symmes Purchase, mentioned above.

:This work is an index to:  

:A microfilm copy of the original papers is:  

::*'American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States.''<ref>United States. Congress. ''American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States.'' Salt Lake City, Utah; La Crosse, Wisconsin: Genealogical Society of Utah: Brookhaven Press, 1959, 1975, 1977. On 29 Family History Library films beginning with 1631827, {{FHL|309454|item}}.</ref>These papers, relating to land disputes in Ohio and other states, 1789 to 1837, often list heirs of the original claimants.''

:*Certificate number or patent number

=== County Court Records  ===

After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse. Original documents were retained by the families, while abstracts of deeds, mortgages, leases, and a few land grant records were kept by the recorder of deeds in each county. Abstracts and indexes for these records are generally available at the county courthouse.  

It is important to trace each parcel of land ever owned by an ancestor. The acquisition (that is, purchase or inheritance from individuals or grant, purchase, or warrant from government) may reveal a previous residence; may identify the names of parents, in-laws, or other relatives; or may provide clues to search other sources, such as military records. The disposition of each parcel may identify heirs or reveal an ancestor's next residence. Witnesses and neighbors may be relatives or friends. Searching their records could give facts about the ancestor. For more information about '''County Land Records''' see [[Ohio County Land Records|Ohio County Land Records]].  

[[The Family History Library|The Family History Library]] has on compact disc:  

*''Ohio Cash and Homestead Entries, Cadastral Survey Plats. Version 7.3'' <ref>United States. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Land Management. ''Ohio Cash and Homestead Entries, Cadastral Survey Plats. Version 7.3''. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management Eastern States, 1994. (Family History Library compact disc number 40. Not available at Family History Centers.) </ref>These records are patents issued by the federal government. Researchers can search for infirmation about land titles through any one of six categories; land description, patentee name, patent authority, land office, certificate number, or county.

*[http://www.woolkochpublishing.com/ Ohio Land Office Records]

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