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== Online Resources == | == Online Resources == | ||
*''See [[United States Land and Property|United States Land and Property]] for more databases and resources'' | *''See [[United States Land and Property|United States Land and Property]] for more databases and resources.'' | ||
*'''1788-1960s''' [ | *'''1788-1960s''' [https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx?searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=0 U.S. Land Patent Search] at Bureau of Land Management, index and some records | ||
*'''1820-1908''' {{RecordSearch|2074276|U.S., Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; images only | *'''1820-1908''' {{RecordSearch|2074276|U.S., Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; images only | ||
*'''1861-1932''' {{RecordSearch|2170637|United States, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Land Entry Case Files, 1861-1932}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Land Entry Case Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] - images | |||
*'''1863-1908''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60593 U.S., Homestead Records, 1863-1908] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | |||
*[http://www.odessa3.org/collections/land/nodak/ North Dakota Plat map indexes by county], index | *[http://www.odessa3.org/collections/land/nodak/ North Dakota Plat map indexes by county], index | ||
*[https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx?searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=1 Survey Plats and Field Notes] at Bureau of Land Management - index | *[https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx?searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=1 Survey Plats and Field Notes] at Bureau of Land Management - index | ||
*[https://historygeo.com/ Land Owner Search] at Historygeo.com ($), index to maps of original land owners | *[https://historygeo.com/ Land Owner Search] at Historygeo.com ($), index to maps of original land owners | ||
*[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] | |||
==North Dakota Land Records== | ==North Dakota Land Records== | ||
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To locate the land-entry or homestead case file for your ancestor, you will need to know either the patent number or the legal description (range, township, section of the land). The county recorder of deeds may be able to tell you the legal description of the land from county land records, or you may be able to pinpoint the exact location by searching the entries in the tract book covering the approximate area concerned. | To locate the land-entry or homestead case file for your ancestor, you will need to know either the patent number or the legal description (range, township, section of the land). The county recorder of deeds may be able to tell you the legal description of the land from county land records, or you may be able to pinpoint the exact location by searching the entries in the tract book covering the approximate area concerned. | ||
An online index is available for those that completed the homestead process to patent (original deeds from the government) at the [ | An online index is available for those that completed the homestead process to patent (original deeds from the government) at the [https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx Bureau of Land Management]. | ||
For original patents and copies of tract books and township plats, contact the Bureau of Land Management, 99 23rd Avenue West, Suite A, Dickinson, ND 58601, Telephone: 701-227-7700. [https://www.blm.gov/office/north-dakota-field-office North Dakota Bureau of Land Management] | For original patents and copies of tract books and township plats, contact the Bureau of Land Management, 99 23rd Avenue West, Suite A, Dickinson, ND 58601, Telephone: 701-227-7700. [https://www.blm.gov/office/north-dakota-field-office North Dakota Bureau of Land Management] | ||
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The National Archives has the original homestead entry files, cash entry files, tract books, and township plats. See [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives and Records Administration]] for address and telephone. Records of the local land offices are also at the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Township plats are also at the North Dakota Water Commission, 900 East Boulevard, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0850, Telephone: 701-328-2750, Fax: 701-328-3696.<br>Email: [https://www.swc.nd.gov/theswc/contactus.html Contact list]<br> | The National Archives has the original homestead entry files, cash entry files, tract books, and township plats. See [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives and Records Administration]] for address and telephone. Records of the local land offices are also at the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Township plats are also at the North Dakota Water Commission, 900 East Boulevard, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0850, Telephone: 701-328-2750, Fax: 701-328-3696.<br>Email: [https://www.swc.nd.gov/theswc/contactus.html Contact list]<br> | ||
After land was transferred from the government by sale or grant to private owners, it could be sold again, inherited, lost by foreclosure of a mortgage, or redistributed through a divorce. These transactions are recorded by the registrar of deeds in each county in the form of deeds and mortgages. The FamilySearch Library has not acquired copies of the land records from the county courthouses in North Dakota but does have land plat maps or atlases | After land was transferred from the government by sale or grant to private owners, it could be sold again, inherited, lost by foreclosure of a mortgage, or redistributed through a divorce. These transactions are recorded by the registrar of deeds in each county in the form of deeds and mortgages. The FamilySearch Library has not acquired copies of the land records from the county courthouses in North Dakota but does have land plat maps or atlases for some counties. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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{{North Dakota|North Dakota}} {{U.S. Land and Property}} | {{North Dakota|North Dakota}} {{U.S. Land and Property}} | ||
[[Category:North Dakota, United States | [[Category:North Dakota, United States]][[Category:Land and Property]] | ||
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