Wisconsin Land and Property: Difference between revisions

When the area that is now [[Wisconsin Genealogy|Wisconsin]] became part of the [[United States|United States]], a few prior land claims by early pioneers were settled in the courts, though most of the land was unclaimed. This unclaimed land became the public domain, was '''surveyed''', and then sold through land offices, with the first land office established at Mineral point in 1834. Since Wisconsin was a [[Government Land Grants|federal land state]], the land was divided into townships (36 square miles), and sections (one square mile within the township). The paperwork involved with these federal land purchases are contained in a case file held at the National Archives. In order to obtain the '''case file''', a legal description of the land is needed, which may be found in a deed, plat map, '''tract book''', or '''patent books'''. To learn how to obtain this land description, see the wiki article under United States Land and Property - Federal Land - [[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)#Obtaining_a_Legal_Description_of_the_Land|Obtaining a Legal Description of the Land]].