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Unclaimed land became public domain and was surveyed and sold to private owners. | Unclaimed land became public domain and was surveyed and sold to private owners. | ||
The Bureau of Land Management has an online index to land patents in Louisiana at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ | The Bureau of Land Management has an online index to land patents in Louisiana at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ The patent search usually provides a digital image of the original patent. | ||
The Bureau of Land Management has digital images of the original survey plats for Louisiana at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/SurveySearch/ | The Bureau of Land Management has digital images of the original survey plats for Louisiana at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/SurveySearch/ The original survey creates land boundaries and marks them for the first time. | ||
The Family History Library and the Division of Archives, Records Management, and History have microfilms of the nineteenth-century claims and original land sales recorded by the United States District Land Offices, such as those in Ouachita, Opelousas, St. Helena, and New Orleans. The original records are in: | The Family History Library and the Division of Archives, Records Management, and History have microfilms of the nineteenth-century claims and original land sales recorded by the United States District Land Offices, such as those in Ouachita, Opelousas, St. Helena, and New Orleans. The original records are in: | ||
'''State Land Office'''<br | '''State Land Office'''<br>625 N. 4th Street<br>Baton Rouge, LA 70804<br>Telephone: 504-342-4586<br>Fax: 504-342-5458<br>Mailing Address:<br>Box 44124<br>Baton Rouge, LA 70804<br>http://www.doa.state.la.us/slo/default.htm | ||
Each office created several sets of records and indexes. Land tract books arranged by ranges and townships for the years 1807 to 1870 are also at the State Land Office and the Family History Library. | Each office created several sets of records and indexes. Land tract books arranged by ranges and townships for the years 1807 to 1870 are also at the State Land Office and the Family History Library. | ||
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The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the deeds for most parishes. For example, for New Orleans the Family History Library has 181 microfilms covering the years 1827 to 1887 and an index to 1900. | The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the deeds for most parishes. For example, for New Orleans the Family History Library has 181 microfilms covering the years 1827 to 1887 and an index to 1900. | ||
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