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[[Florida]] | == Online Resources == | ||
*''See [[United States Land and Property|United States Land and Property]] for more databases and resources.'' | |||
*'''Pre-1908''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2071 Florida, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908] at Ancestry - Abstracts ($) | |||
*'''Pre-1908''' [http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10089/land-patents-florida?s=218489221 Land Patents - Florida, pre-1908] at MyHeritage - index ($) | |||
*'''1783-1821''' [https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/historical_records/spanishlandgrants/ Spanish Land Grants, 1783-1821]. Browse in alphabetic order. | |||
*'''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 | |||
*'''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 and images ($) | |||
*[https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx?searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=1 Survey Plats and Field Notes] at Bureau of Land Management - index | |||
*[https://historygeo.com/ Land Owner Search] at Historygeo.com ($), index to maps of original land owners | |||
*[https://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] | |||
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== Colonial Land Grants == | |||
[[Florida, United States Genealogy|Florida]] was a disputed possession of England, France, and Spain in turn until it finally became a possession of the United States in 1821. A board of land commissioners for West Florida was established in 1822 and for East Florida in 1823 to process claims to lands previously granted by other nations. These documents, as well as land ancestries and homestead records, are at the Florida State Archives. | |||
''Spanish Land Grant Archives, 1764-1844.'''''<i> </i>''' The State Archives of Florida have placed copies of [http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/SpanishLandGrants/index.cfm The Spanish Land Grants] online. (Also on {{FSC|293032|title-id|disp=FS Library films1020288-95}}.) These are written in Spanish and English. Some are indexed. | |||
=== Federal Land Grants | Many of these are transcribed in S''panish Land Grants in Florida: Briefed Translations from the Archives of the Board of Commissioners'', Five Volumes. (Tallahassee, Florida: Historical Records Survey, 1940-1941); {{FSC|143451|title-id|disp=FS Catalog book 975.9 R2hs}}; {{FSC|143451|title-id|disp=FS Library films 897334-35}} or {{FSC|143451|title-id|disp=FS Library films1020203-4}}). | ||
''Spanish land grants in Florida, 1764-1880.'' ({{FSC|82557|title-id|disp=FS Library films 1020205-17}} and {{FSC|82557|title-id|disp=FS Library films 1020284-87}}.) | |||
A helpful publication is Phillip W. McMullin, ''Grassroots of America'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Gendex Corporation, 1972); {{FSC|286182|title-id|disp=FS Catalog book 973 R2ag index; FS Library fiche 6051323}}. This publication indexes claims to U.S. land which are transcribed in the American State Papers (on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library). | |||
[https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/historical_records/spanishlandgrants/ Learn more about Spanish land grants in Florida at FloridaMemory.com] Digital images are available for download. | |||
== Federal Land Grants == | |||
Florida eventually became a public domain state. The first general land office was established at Tallahassee in 1825. Original patents and copies of tract books and township plats are located at the: | Florida eventually became a public domain state. The first general land office was established at Tallahassee in 1825. Original patents and copies of tract books and township plats are located at the: | ||
Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States<br>7450 Boston Boulevard<br>Springfield, Virginia 22153-3121<br>Phone: 703-440-1600 | [http://www.blm.gov/es/st/en.html Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States]<br>7450 Boston Boulevard<br>Springfield, Virginia 22153-3121<br>Phone: 703-440-1600 | ||
The Bureau of Land Management has an | The Bureau of Land Management has an [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=0 online index] to land patents in Florida. The patent search usually provides a digital image of the original patent. | ||
The National Archives has donation and land entry case files and an index to pre-1908 patentees who did not file private claims. | The [http://www.archives.gov/research/land/ National Archives] has donation and land entry case files and an index to pre-1908 patentees who did not file private claims. | ||
The Bureau of Land Management has digital images of the | The Bureau of Land Management has digital images of the [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/results/default.aspx?searchCriteria=type=survey%7Cst=FL%7Ccty= original survey plats for Florida]. The original survey created land boundaries and marked them for the first time. | ||
The [http://web.archive.org/web/20091023091620/http://geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/3010/main.htm West Florida Index Reconstructed Tract Books], by Duke Vickrey, is searchable by name or by county. It gives name, county, township, range, and section. The index covers all Florida counties west of the Tallahassee Meridian including parts of Leon and Wakulla counties.<br> | |||
== County Land Records == | |||
After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were recorded by the clerk of the circuit court, who was the county recorder. In some counties land records were recorded by a county court or a county judge. | After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were recorded by the clerk of the circuit court, who was the county recorder. In some counties land records were recorded by a county court or a county judge. | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library has land records from many Florida counties. These include deeds, homesteads, mortgages, plat books, order books, and tract books. For example, the FamilySearch Library has 51 microfilms of Orange County deeds (1843-90), and deed indexes (early-1937). | ||
== References == | |||
''Florida Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into this Wiki site and is being updated as time permits. | |||
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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- See United States Land and Property for more databases and resources.
- Pre-1908 Florida, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908 at Ancestry - Abstracts ($)
- Pre-1908 Land Patents - Florida, pre-1908 at MyHeritage - index ($)
- 1783-1821 Spanish Land Grants, 1783-1821. Browse in alphabetic order.
- 1788-1960s U.S. Land Patent Search at Bureau of Land Management - index and some records
- 1820-1908 U.S., Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
- 1861-1932 United States, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Land Entry Case Files, 1861-1932 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection, images
- 1863-1908 U.S., Homestead Records, 1863-1908 at Ancestry - index and images ($)
- Survey Plats and Field Notes at Bureau of Land Management - index
- Land Owner Search at Historygeo.com ($), index to maps of original land owners
- Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search
Colonial Land Grants[edit | edit source]
Florida was a disputed possession of England, France, and Spain in turn until it finally became a possession of the United States in 1821. A board of land commissioners for West Florida was established in 1822 and for East Florida in 1823 to process claims to lands previously granted by other nations. These documents, as well as land ancestries and homestead records, are at the Florida State Archives.
Spanish Land Grant Archives, 1764-1844. The State Archives of Florida have placed copies of The Spanish Land Grants online. (Also on FS Library films1020288-95.) These are written in Spanish and English. Some are indexed.
Many of these are transcribed in Spanish Land Grants in Florida: Briefed Translations from the Archives of the Board of Commissioners, Five Volumes. (Tallahassee, Florida: Historical Records Survey, 1940-1941); FS Catalog book 975.9 R2hs; FS Library films 897334-35 or FS Library films1020203-4).
Spanish land grants in Florida, 1764-1880. (FS Library films 1020205-17 and FS Library films 1020284-87.)
A helpful publication is Phillip W. McMullin, Grassroots of America (Salt Lake City, Utah: Gendex Corporation, 1972); FS Catalog book 973 R2ag index; FS Library fiche 6051323. This publication indexes claims to U.S. land which are transcribed in the American State Papers (on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library).
Learn more about Spanish land grants in Florida at FloridaMemory.com Digital images are available for download.
Federal Land Grants[edit | edit source]
Florida eventually became a public domain state. The first general land office was established at Tallahassee in 1825. Original patents and copies of tract books and township plats are located at the:
Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States
7450 Boston Boulevard
Springfield, Virginia 22153-3121
Phone: 703-440-1600
The Bureau of Land Management has an online index to land patents in Florida. The patent search usually provides a digital image of the original patent.
The National Archives has donation and land entry case files and an index to pre-1908 patentees who did not file private claims.
The Bureau of Land Management has digital images of the original survey plats for Florida. The original survey created land boundaries and marked them for the first time.
The West Florida Index Reconstructed Tract Books, by Duke Vickrey, is searchable by name or by county. It gives name, county, township, range, and section. The index covers all Florida counties west of the Tallahassee Meridian including parts of Leon and Wakulla counties.
County Land Records[edit | edit source]
After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were recorded by the clerk of the circuit court, who was the county recorder. In some counties land records were recorded by a county court or a county judge.
The FamilySearch Library has land records from many Florida counties. These include deeds, homesteads, mortgages, plat books, order books, and tract books. For example, the FamilySearch Library has 51 microfilms of Orange County deeds (1843-90), and deed indexes (early-1937).
References[edit | edit source]
Florida Research Outline. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into this Wiki site and is being updated as time permits.
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