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 An important index to land records is Pennsylvania, Bureau of Land Records, ''Warrant Register, 1682- 1950'' (Family History Library films {{FHL|23738|item}} films 1003194-99. Munger, Pennsylvania Land Records, p. 202, states this index includes records beginning in 1733. This is an index to the warrants, patents and surveys listed immediately below. For an index to the earliest warrants and surveys, see Weinberg and Slattery, ''Warrants and Surveys of the Province of Pennsylvania'', also listed below.
-The State Archives has digital images of the Warrant Registers 1733-1957 for each county in Pennsylvania. The registers are alphabetical by surname of the warrantee (the person who got the warrant). The Internet site is at http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/Bah/DAM/rg/di/r17-88WarrantRegisters/r17-88AllCountiesInterface.htm
+The State Archives has digital images of the [http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/Bah/DAM/rg/di/r17-88WarrantRegisters/r17-88AllCountiesInterface.htm Warrant Registers 1733-1957] for each county in Pennsylvania. The registers are alphabetical by surname of the warrantee (the person who got the warrant).
-Pennsylvania. Bureau of Land Records. ''Original Warrants''. {{FHL|26098|item}}(On 156 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=26098&disp=Original+warrants%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1028662].) These are discussed in Munger, ''Pennsylvania Land Records'', p. 202 cited above. The ''Warrant Register'' above gives the warrant number in the first column on the left. With that number and the first letter of the last name, one can find the warrant in the proper county. Alphabetical lists by the first letter of the last name and by county are in Pennsylvania Archives, series 3, volumes 24-26.
+Pennsylvania. Bureau of Land Records. ''Original Warrants''. {{FHL|26098|item}}(On 156 Family History Library films beginning with 1028662.) These are discussed in Munger, ''Pennsylvania Land Records'', p. 202 cited above. The ''Warrant Register'' above gives the warrant number in the first column on the left. With that number and the first letter of the last name, one can find the warrant in the proper county. Alphabetical lists by the first letter of the last name and by county are in Pennsylvania Archives, series 3, volumes 24-26.
-Pennsylvania, Bureau of Land Records, ''Patent Books, 1676-1960''. (On 78 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=44185&disp=Patent+books%2C+1676%2D1960%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1028673].[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1028671 www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp]) They are discussed in Munger, ''Pennsylvania Land Records'', pp. 53, 118, 207-8. Besides being indexed in the ''Warrant Register'', they have their own index. They may include other records such as naturalizations, etc.
+Pennsylvania, Bureau of Land Records, ''Patent Books, 1676-1960''. (On 78 Family History Library films beginning with film 1028673, {{FHL|44185|item}}.[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1028671 www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp]) They are discussed in Munger, ''Pennsylvania Land Records'', pp. 53, 118, 207-8. Besides being indexed in the ''Warrant Register'', they have their own index. They may include other records such as naturalizations, etc.
-Pennsylvania, Surveyor General. ''Original Surveys, 1682-1920''. (On 499 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=43569&disp=Original+surveys%2C+1682%2D1920%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1003388].) These records are described in Munger, ''Pennsylvania Land Records'', pp. 47-48. A partial index is also Pennsylvania, Surveyor General, ''Index to Old Rights in Philadelphia County, 1682-1748'' (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=106785&disp=Index+to+old+rights+in+Philadelphia+Coun%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1028671] item 1); and Pennsylvania, Surveyor General, ''Index to Old Rights in Bucks and Chester Counties, 1682-1761 ''(Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=106269&disp=Index+to+old+rights+in+Bucks+and+Chester%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1028678] item 3).
+Pennsylvania, Surveyor General. ''Original Surveys, 1682-1920''. (On 499 Family History Library films beginning with film 1003388, {{FHL|43569|item}}. These records are described in Munger, ''Pennsylvania Land Records'', pp. 47-48. A partial index is also Pennsylvania, Surveyor General, ''Index to Old Rights in Philadelphia County, 1682-1748'' Family History Library film 1028671 item 1, {FHL|106785|item}}; and Pennsylvania, Surveyor General, ''Index to Old Rights in Bucks and Chester Counties, 1682-1761 ''. Family History Library film 1028678 item 3, {{FHL|106269|item}}.
 Helpful family history information may also be found in Pennsylvania, Land Office, ''Depositions, 1683-1881 ''(Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=986869 986869]-82). These were usually made when land disputes were involved.