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=== Federal Land Grants === | === Federal Land Grants === | ||
After the United States obtained possession of the area that became Missouri, land was surveyed and distributed through eight federal land offices, the earliest of which opened in 1818. The General Land Office in Washington, DC, also distributed many of the state's public domain lands between 1818 and 1922. This process has been explained in Gary W. Beahan, ''Missouri's Public Domain: United States Land Sales, 1818-1922'' (Jefferson City, Missouri: Records Management and Archives Services, 1980; Family History Library book 977.8 | After the United States obtained possession of the area that became Missouri, land was surveyed and distributed through eight federal land offices, the earliest of which opened in 1818. The General Land Office in Washington, DC, also distributed many of the state's public domain lands between 1818 and 1922. This process has been explained in Gary W. Beahan, ''Missouri's Public Domain: United States Land Sales, 1818-1922'' (Jefferson City, Missouri: Records Management and Archives Services, 1980; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=555802&disp=Index+of+purchasers%2C+United+States+lan%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.8 R22ip]). | ||
Records of the local land offices are in the Missouri State Archives. Tract books, plat maps, and land patents are in: | Records of the local land offices are in the Missouri State Archives. Tract books, plat maps, and land patents are in: | ||