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''[[United States|United States]] | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Louisiana]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Louisiana_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]]'' {{Adoption LAGenWeb}} The French and the Spanish kept the earliest land records of Louisiana, and the documents are in their languages. Since most of these records were filed with notarial records, please refer to [[Lousiana Notarial Records]]. | ||
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The French and the Spanish kept the earliest land records of Louisiana, and the documents are in their languages. Since most of these records were filed with notarial records, please refer to [[Lousiana Notarial Records]]. | |||
The Family History Library has microfilm copies and indexes of the records kept by the French Conseil Superieur and the Spanish cabildo. | The Family History Library has microfilm copies and indexes of the records kept by the French Conseil Superieur and the Spanish cabildo. | ||
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When Louisiana was ceded to the United States, the landowners registered private claims to verify their ownership. Most of these claims have genealogical value and have been published. Useful indexes to pre-1837 claims in the American State Papers (on microfilm at the Family History Library), are: | When Louisiana was ceded to the United States, the landowners registered private claims to verify their ownership. Most of these claims have genealogical value and have been published. Useful indexes to pre-1837 claims in the American State Papers (on microfilm at the Family History Library), are: | ||
*McMullin, Phillip W., ed. ''Grassroots of America'', Salt Lake City, Utah: Gendex Corporation, 1972. | *McMullin, Phillip W., ed. ''Grassroots of America'', Salt Lake City, Utah: Gendex Corporation, 1972. {{FHL|86182|item||title|disp=FHL Fiche 6051323, FHL Book 973 R2ag index}} | ||
*Maduell, Charles R., Jr. ''Federal Land Grants in the Territory of Orleans: The Delta Parishes''. New Orleans, Louisiana: Polyanthos, 1975. | *Maduell, Charles R., Jr. ''Federal Land Grants in the Territory of Orleans: The Delta Parishes''. New Orleans, Louisiana: Polyanthos, 1975. {{FHL|153154|item|disp=FHL Book 976.33 R2m}} | ||
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. | ||
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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>1201 N. Third St.<br>Suite G-150<br>Baton Rouge, LA 70802<br>Telephone: 225-342-4578<br>Fax: 225-342-5458<br>Mailing Address:<br>Box 44124<br>Baton Rouge, LA 70804<br>http://www.doa.la.gov/SLO/DocumentAccess.htm | ||
Some tax records, land grants, state patents and state tract books are availalbe online. Follow the link above to the State Land Office to accesst these records online. | |||
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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== References == | == References == | ||
<br> {{Louisiana|Louisiana}} {{U.S. Land and Property}} | |||
{{Louisiana|Louisiana}} {{U.S. Land and Property}} | |||
[[Category:Louisiana|Land]] | [[Category:Louisiana|Land]] | ||