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The thirteen original colonies and their five daughter states (Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee) are considered state land states. Texas and Hawaii have unique histories and are also state land states. The remaining thirty western states are federal land states. The online BLM-GLO Land Patent Search is primarily for | The thirteen original colonies and their five daughter states (Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee) are considered state land states. Texas and Hawaii have unique histories and are also state land states. The remaining thirty western states are federal land states. The online [https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx?searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=0 BLM-GLO Land Patent Search] is primarily for government-to-individual land conveyances in federal land states west and south of the original thirteen colonies. | ||
Land transfers from a state land state to an individual, or later transfers from '''individual to individual in any state''' are found in their respective state or county land offices and are '''not''' part of the BLM-GLO Land Patent Search. Those types of land transactions can usually be researched in the [[United States Land and Property|land and property]] records at county courthouses or state archives.<br> | Land transfers from a state land state to an individual, or later transfers from '''individual to individual in any state''' are found in their respective state or county land offices and are '''not''' part of the BLM-GLO Land Patent Search. Those types of land transactions can usually be researched in the [[United States Land and Property|land and property]] records at county courthouses or state archives.<br> | ||
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