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Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. | Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. | ||
See [[Iowa Land and Property|Iowa Land and Property]] for information about early Iowa land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, transactions were usually recorded | See [[Iowa Land and Property|Iowa Land and Property]] for additional information about early Iowa land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse, where records are currently housed. | ||
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Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.
See Iowa Land and Property for additional information about early Iowa land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse, where records are currently housed.