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= Value of the BLM-GLO Land Patent Search = | = Value of the BLM-GLO Land Patent Search = | ||
The [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ Land Patent Search] is an index to millions of ancestors in federal land patents from 1788 to the 1960s at the National Archives. Start with this index to get the information needed to obtain the applications for land patents which may be a rich source of genealogical information about a family. The same Internet site also provides access to '''images of patents''' for the eastern federal land states. | The [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ Land Patent Search] is an index to millions of ancestors in federal land patents from 1788 to the 1960s at the National Archives. Start with this index to get the information needed to obtain the applications for land patents which may be a rich source of genealogical information about a family. The same Internet site also provides access to '''images of patents''' for the eastern federal land states. | ||
= Jurisdictions = | = Jurisdictions = | ||
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The thirteen original colonies and their five daughter states (Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee) are considered state land states. Texas and Hawaii have unique histories and are also state land states. The remaining thirty western states are federal land states. The online BLM-GLO Land Patent Search is primarily for goverment-to-individual land conveyances in federal land states west and south of the original thirteen colonies. | The thirteen original colonies and their five daughter states (Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee) are considered state land states. Texas and Hawaii have unique histories and are also state land states. The remaining thirty western states are federal land states. The online BLM-GLO Land Patent Search is primarily for goverment-to-individual land conveyances in federal land states west and south of the original thirteen colonies. | ||
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> | ||
A separate Texas General Land Office online Land Grant Database search is available at http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsSearch.cfm | A separate Texas General Land Office online Land Grant Database search is available at http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsSearch.cfm | ||
= Who Is in the Land Patent Search = | = Who Is in the Land Patent Search = | ||
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The BLM-GLO [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ 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 [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ 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 another way to [[United States Land and Property#Obtaining a Legal Description of the Land|obtain the legal description of the land]] they started to homestead. | 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 another way to [[United States Land and Property#Obtaining a Legal Description of the Land|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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'''If the results list is too long''' redo the search with an added name, state, county, or other detail. | '''If the results list is too long''' redo the search with an added name, state, county, or other detail. | ||
I'''f the results list is too short''' redo the search and try these:<br> | I'''f the results list is too short''' redo the search and try these:<br> | ||
*Delete a name, state (change to ALL STATES), county, or other detail. The fewer the search parameters, the larger the search will be. | *Delete a name, state (change to ALL STATES), county, or other detail. The fewer the search parameters, the larger the search will be. | ||
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'''If an ancestor is on the results list''' click the ancestor’s name, click the '''Printer Friendly''' icon, and click the '''Print''' icon. In many cases you can also view an image of the patent. | '''If an ancestor is on the results list''' click the ancestor’s name, click the '''Printer Friendly''' icon, and click the '''Print''' icon. In many cases you can also view an image of the patent. | ||
'''To obtain the patent application papers''' (case files) follow the instructions called “[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/Requests.asp#nara National Archives and Records Administration Land Entry Case Files]” on the Internet at http//:[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/Requests.asp#nara www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/Requests.asp#nara] | '''To obtain the patent application papers''' (case files) follow the instructions called “[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/Requests.asp#nara National Archives and Records Administration Land Entry Case Files]” on the Internet at http//:[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/Requests.asp#nara www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/Requests.asp#nara] | ||
= Related Content = | = Related Content = | ||
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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 | ||
[[15 Minutes of Family History|15 Minutes of Family History]] | [[15 Minutes of Family History|15 Minutes of Family History]] | ||
[[Category:United_States]] | [[Category:United_States]] | ||