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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Idaho|Idaho]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Idaho|Idaho]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Idaho_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]]'' | ||
=== Federal Land Records === | === Federal Land Records === | ||
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After a settler completed the requirements for homesteading or purchasing land, the local land office sent his case file to the General Land Office in Washington, DC, where a patent or first title deed was issued, transferring the land to private ownership. | After a settler completed the requirements for homesteading or purchasing land, the local land office sent his case file to the General Land Office in Washington, DC, where a patent or first title deed was issued, transferring the land to private ownership. | ||
The Bureau of Land Management has an online [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ | The Bureau of Land Management has an online [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx?searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=0 index to land patents] in Idaho (most are after 1908). The patent search may also provide a digital image of the original patent. | ||
To locate the land entry or homestead case file for your ancestor, you will need to know either the patent number or the legal description (range, township, section of the land). The county recorder of deeds may be able to provide the legal description from county land records, or you may be able to pinpoint the exact location of the tract by searching the entries in the tract book covering the approximate area. | To locate the land entry or homestead case file for your ancestor, you will need to know either the patent number or the legal description (range, township, section of the land). The county recorder of deeds may be able to provide the legal description from county land records, or you may be able to pinpoint the exact location of the tract by searching the entries in the tract book covering the approximate area. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
''[[Idaho]] Research Outline. ''Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2006. NOTE: All information in the original research outline has been [[Retirement of Research Outlines|added to the FamilySearch Wiki]], where it is both enhanced and updated by the genealogical community. | ''[[Idaho]] Research Outline. ''Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2006. NOTE: All information in the original research outline has been [[Retirement of Research Outlines|added to the FamilySearch Wiki]], where it is both enhanced and updated by the genealogical community. | ||
{{Idaho|Idaho}} {{U.S. Land and Property}} | {{Idaho|Idaho}} {{U.S. Land and Property}} | ||
[[Category:Idaho|Land and Property]] | [[Category:Idaho|Land and Property]] | ||