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The early land office records are at the Commissioner of Public Lands, 127 West Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53703. The original patents and copies of tract books and township plats are at: | The early land office records are at the Commissioner of Public Lands, 127 West Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53703. The original patents and copies of tract books and township plats are at: | ||
Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States Office <br | Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States Office <br>7450 Boston Blvd.<br>Springfield, VA 22153<br>Telephone: 703-440-1523<br>Fax: 703-440-1599<br>Internet: http://www.es.blm.gov/aboutus/phonebook/whereweare.php | ||
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin also has copies of the tract books. The land entry case files and the original tract books and township plats of the general land offices are at: | The State Historical Society of Wisconsin also has copies of the tract books. The land entry case files and the original tract books and township plats of the general land offices are at: | ||
National Archives—Reference Branch<br | National Archives—Reference Branch<br>Archives 1<br>7th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.<br>Washington DC 20408<br>Telephone: 202-501-5395<br>Fax 202-219-6273<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/ | ||
All of these records are generally arranged according to the legal description of the land (see the United States Research Outline (30972) for additional information about these federal land records). | All of these records are generally arranged according to the legal description of the land (see the United States Research Outline (30972) for additional information about these federal land 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. | 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. | ||
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