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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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== 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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