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The library has tract books and land ownership maps for Utah. For more information about these records and other federal land records, see [[United States Land and Property]] and the [[United States Maps]]. | The library has tract books and land ownership maps for Utah. For more information about these records and other federal land records, see [[United States Land and Property]] and the [[United States Maps]]. | ||
Barker, Joel. ''Preliminary Inventory of Land Management - Utah''. Denver, Colorado: Archives Branch, Federal Archives and Records Center, 1979. (Family History Library {{FHL|629803|title-id|disp=book 979.2 R23b}}.) This book provides a history of the land dealings and surveys. It lists what is available, the dates, how it is arranged, and a description. | |||
The following offices have federal land records for Utah: | The following offices have federal land records for Utah: | ||
[http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en.html Bureau of Land Management - Utah State Office]<br>324 South State Street Suite 400<br>Salt Lake City, UT 84111-2303<br>Telephone: 801-539-4001<br>Fax: 801-539-4260 <br> | [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States Office]<br>7450 Boston Boulevard<br>Springfield, VA 22153<br>Telephone: 703-440-1600<br>Fax: 703-440-1609 | ||
The Bureau has land patents from 1820 to the present, which are searchable online knowing at a minimum the name of the person receiving the patent and the state where the patent is located. | |||
[http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en.html Bureau of Land Management - Utah State Office]<br>324 South State Street Suite 400<br>Salt Lake City, UT 84111-2303<br>Telephone: 801-539-4001<br>Fax: 801-539-4260 <br> | |||
This office has copies of patents and tractbooks from 1869 to the present with survey plats and notes beginning in the 1850s, and township plats showing who the land was sold to. | This office has copies of patents and tractbooks from 1869 to the present with survey plats and notes beginning in the 1850s, and township plats showing who the land was sold to. | ||
[http://www.archives.gov/rocky-mountain/ The National Archives — Rocky Mountain Region]'''<br>'''Building 48 — Denver Federal Center<br>West 6th Avenue and Kipling Street <br>P.O. Box 25307<br>Denver, CO 80255-0307<br>Telephone (General Inquiries): (303) 236-0817<br>(Genealogy Inquiries): (303) 236-0806<br>Fax: (303) 236-9297<br>E-mail: [mailto:denver.archives@nara.gov denver.archives@nara.gov]<br> | [http://www.archives.gov/rocky-mountain/ The National Archives — Rocky Mountain Region]'''<br>'''Building 48 — Denver Federal Center<br>West 6th Avenue and Kipling Street <br>P.O. Box 25307<br>Denver, CO 80255-0307<br>Telephone (General Inquiries): (303) 236-0817<br>(Genealogy Inquiries): (303) 236-0806<br>Fax: (303) 236-9297<br>E-mail: [mailto:denver.archives@nara.gov denver.archives@nara.gov]<br> | ||
The Denver Branch has land office records for Utah, including correspondence, surveys, homestead and cash entry registers, receipts, and final certificates. An inventory of their land records is in: | The Denver Branch has land office records for Utah, including correspondence, surveys, homestead and cash entry registers, receipts, and final certificates. An inventory of their land records is in: | ||
[http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives & Records Administration]'''<br>'''7th Pennsylvania Avenue<br>Washington, D.C. 20408<br>Telephone: 202-501-5400<br>Fax: 202-501-5340<br> | |||
[http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives & Records Administration]'''<br>'''7th Pennsylvania Avenue<br>Washington, D.C. 20408<br>Telephone: 202-501-5400<br>Fax: 202-501-5340<br> | |||
Mailing Address:<br>General Branch<br>Civil Archives Division<br>National Archives<br>Washington, D.C. 20408 | Mailing Address:<br>General Branch<br>Civil Archives Division<br>National Archives<br>Washington, D.C. 20408 | ||
The [http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/ Washington National Records Center] has the tract books of entries to about 1964, two indexed case files from 1869 to 1908, and the other file from 1908 to about 1973, and patents from 1869 to 1908. | The [http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/ Washington National Records Center] has the tract books of entries to about 1964, two indexed case files from 1869 to 1908, and the other file from 1908 to about 1973, and patents from 1869 to 1908.<br> | ||
=== State Land Records <br>(1896-present) === | === State Land Records <br>(1896-present) === | ||