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==Land Patent Search== | |||
Land patents show information about people who obtained the title to their land directly from the government (rather than from another individual). This includes land obtained through military bounty land warrants, land grants, cash entry sales, credit entries, homesteads, mineral or mining, and timberland claims. | |||
Several million federal land patent records from 1788 to the 1960s are available online at the Bureau of Land Management – [https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx?searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=0 General Land Office Records (BLM-GLO) site]. | Several million federal land patent records from 1788 to the 1960s are available online at the Bureau of Land Management – [https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx?searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=0 General Land Office Records (BLM-GLO) site]. | ||
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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> | ||
For land in Texas, check out their General Land Office online, especially the | For land in Texas, check out their General Land Office online, especially the [https://s3.glo.texas.gov/glo/history/archives/land-grants/index.cfm Land Grant Database Search] | ||
For land in Pennsylvania, check out | For land in Pennsylvania, check out [https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Land-Records-Overview.aspx Land Records at the Pennsylvania State Archives] | ||
== Who is in the Land Patent Search == | == Who is in the Land Patent Search == | ||
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The BLM-GLO Land Patent Search index '''only lists people who were actually granted a federal land patent'''. All military bounty land, grants, cash, pre-emption, and credit entry patents should be indexed. Among homesteaders only about '''40 percent''' of initial applicants finished the process and received a legal title (patent) to their homestead. Among timberland applicants only about '''25 percent''' received their patent. | The BLM-GLO Land Patent Search index '''only lists people who were actually granted a federal land patent'''. All military bounty land, grants, cash, pre-emption, and credit entry patents should be indexed. Among homesteaders only about '''40 percent''' of initial applicants finished the process and received a legal title (patent) to their homestead. Among timberland applicants only about '''25 percent''' received their patent. | ||
Homesteaders who never obtained a patent because they did not finish are '''not in the Land Patent Search''', but they '''are in the application papers'''. It is possible to get copies of unfinished applications. However, to see such application papers you must figure out [[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)#Legal_Description_of_the_Land|another way to obtain the legal description of the land]] | Homesteaders who never obtained a patent because they did not finish are '''not in the Land Patent Search''', but they '''are in the application papers'''. It is possible to get copies of unfinished applications. However, to see such application papers you must figure out [[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)#Legal_Description_of_the_Land|another way to obtain the legal description of the land]] they started to homestead. | ||
== Using the Land Patent Search == | == Using the Land Patent Search == | ||
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*change a particular state to -- Any State -- | *change a particular state to -- Any State -- | ||
*delete other details. The fewer the search parameters, the larger the result list will be. | *delete other details. The fewer the search parameters, the larger the result list will be. | ||
*use wildcard symbols in names: | *use wildcard symbols in names: % in place of multiple characters; _ in place of single character | ||
*Look for a spelling variation of names. For ideas see | *Look for a spelling variation of names. For ideas see [[Guessing a Name Variation|Guessing a Name Variation]] | ||
'''If an ancestor is on the results list'''<br> | '''If an ancestor is on the results list'''<br> | ||
*Click on the '''Accession number''' to view Patent Details | *Click on the '''Accession number''' to view Patent Details | ||
*Click the '''Printer Friendly''' | *Click the '''Printer Friendly''' button to print<br> | ||
*Click on '''Patent Image''' tab to view, save, or print | *Click on '''Patent Image''' tab to view, save, or print | ||
*Click on '''Related Documents''' tab to view, save, or print | *Click on '''Related Documents''' tab to view, save, or print | ||
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== Related Websites == | == Related Websites == | ||
*[ | *[https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspxsearch/default.aspx Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records] includes the Land Patent Search, instructions, and search tips. | ||
*[ | *[https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx Home Page Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records] | ||
*[http://www.archives.gov/forms/pdf/natf-84.pdf Form NATF-084] (pdf) used to order land entry case files from the National Archives. | *[http://www.archives.gov/forms/pdf/natf-84.pdf Form NATF-084] (pdf) used to order land entry case files from the National Archives. | ||
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/land/ Land Records: Introduction and Links to Resources on Land Entry Case Files and Related Records] National Archives explain land record research. | *[http://www.archives.gov/research/land/ Land Records: Introduction and Links to Resources on Land Entry Case Files and Related Records] National Archives explain land record research. | ||
*[ | *[https://s3.glo.texas.gov/glo/history/archives/land-grants/index.cfm Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search] of over 665,000 land entries in Texas. Also includes grants from Spain, Mexico, and the Republic of Texas. | ||
*Constance Potter “[http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2003/winter/little-town-in-nara-2.html Genealogy Notes: De Smet, Dakota Territory, Little Town in the National Archives, Part 2]” Prologue (Winter 2003), 35:4 at http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2003/winter/little-town-in-nara-2.html | *Constance Potter “[http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2003/winter/little-town-in-nara-2.html Genealogy Notes: De Smet, Dakota Territory, Little Town in the National Archives, Part 2]” Prologue (Winter 2003), 35:4 at http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2003/winter/little-town-in-nara-2.html | ||
*[http://www.geocommunicator.gov/geocomm/sitemap.htm GeoCommunicator] provides, searching, accessing and dynamic mapping of some BLM activities, such as the Public Land Survey System (PLSS). | *[http://www.geocommunicator.gov/geocomm/sitemap.htm GeoCommunicator] provides, searching, accessing and dynamic mapping of some BLM activities, such as the Public Land Survey System (PLSS). | ||
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