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== Online Resources == | |||
*'''1748-1912''' {{FSC|334356|item|disp=Land Grants Arranged by Counties}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog | |||
*'''1860-1875''' {{FSC|61196|item|disp=Land Sales}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog | |||
*'''1863-1889''' {{FSC|58999|item|disp=Plats and Surveys}}(*) at FamilySearch Catalog | |||
*[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~wvmorgan/sims/Sims.htm Sims Index to Land Grants] | *[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~wvmorgan/sims/Sims.htm Sims Index to Land Grants] | ||
*[ | *[https://www.wvgw.net/ohio/simsindex-ohio.htm Sims Index to Land Grants] | ||
*[https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspxdefault.aspx Bureau of Land Management(BLM), General Land Office (GLO) Records], index | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text Full-Text Search - Land Records] at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00oMDsAsSw How to Search] | |||
== West Virginia Land Records == | |||
=== Land Grants === | === Land Grants === | ||
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The office of the state auditor published an index of all identifiable grantees from 1748 to the 1900s in: | The office of the state auditor published an index of all identifiable grantees from 1748 to the 1900s in: | ||
Sims, Edgar Barr. ''Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia.'' Charleston, West Virginia: E.B. Sims, 1952. {{FSC|109038|item|disp=FS | Sims, Edgar Barr. ''Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia.'' Charleston, West Virginia: E.B. Sims, 1952. {{FSC|109038|item|disp=FS Catalog book 975.4 R21w, film 1036828 items 3-4}} {{WorldCat|1485573|disp=At many libraries (WorldCat)}} The grantees are listed alphabetically within the county that issued the grant. The actual grants are on microfilm (see above). Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=DSOvSkTzTP0C Google Books] and at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/25647/ Ancestry.com]($) | ||
Information on boundary disputes and county formation data (including maps) is in: | Information on boundary disputes and county formation data (including maps) is in: | ||
Sims, Edgar Barr. ''Making a State: Formation of West Virginia.'' Charleston, West Virginia: E.B. Sims, 1956. {{FSC|49225|item|disp=FS | Sims, Edgar Barr. ''Making a State: Formation of West Virginia.'' Charleston, West Virginia: E.B. Sims, 1956. {{FSC|49225|item|disp=FS Catalog book Q 975.4 R2s}} {{WorldCat|1851901|At many libraries(WorldCat)}} This includes a supplement to the Sims Index (see above). | ||
'''Transfers of Land between Individuals''' | '''Transfers of Land between Individuals''' | ||
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Land transactions after the original patent was issued have been recorded in county deed books (often titled land books). You can obtain copies by contacting the appropriate clerk's office—usually the clerk of the circuit court. | Land transactions after the original patent was issued have been recorded in county deed books (often titled land books). You can obtain copies by contacting the appropriate clerk's office—usually the clerk of the circuit court. | ||
The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of the pre-1900 records for most counties. From {{FSC| | The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of the pre-1900 records for most counties. From {{FSC|United States, West Virginia, Kanawha - Land and property|subject|subject-id=815089520|disp=Kanawha County}} for example, the library has 200 microfilms of lease records (1865-1906), release books (1866-1909), trust deeds (1855-1910), deeds (1790-1946), and homesteads (1874-1944). | ||
[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/using_collections.asp Library of Virginia–Using the Collections] | [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/using_collections.asp Library of Virginia–Using the Collections] | ||
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[http://sites.rootsweb.com/~wvmorgan/sims/Sims.htm Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia ] | [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~wvmorgan/sims/Sims.htm Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia ] | ||
[http:// | [http://archive.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh40-2.html Early Land Grants and Settlers Along Patterson Creek] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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{{West Virginia|West Virginia}} {{U.S. Land and Property}} | {{West Virginia|West Virginia}} {{U.S. Land and Property}} | ||
[[Category:West_Virginia, United States | [[Category:West_Virginia, United States]][[Category:Land and Property]] | ||
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