90,866
edits
Arkansas Land and Property: Difference between revisions
m
→Land Records: fix link
m (cat) |
m (→Land Records: fix link) |
||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
'''Patents--'''The patent records are located at the [http://www.es.blm.gov/aboutus/phonebook/whereweare.php Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States Office].The Bureau of Land Management has an online index to land patents in Arkansas at [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/] The patent search may also provide a digital image of the original patent. | '''Patents--'''The patent records are located at the [http://www.es.blm.gov/aboutus/phonebook/whereweare.php Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States Office].The Bureau of Land Management has an online index to land patents in Arkansas at [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/] The patent search may also provide a digital image of the original patent. | ||
'''Land-entry Case Files--'''The land-entry case files and applications of those who settled in Arkansas after the Homestead Act of 1862 are in the [[ | '''Land-entry Case Files--'''The land-entry case files and applications of those who settled in Arkansas after the Homestead Act of 1862 are in the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]. All of the above files are arranged according to legal descriptions of the land. | ||
'''Land Tract Books--'''The Family History Library has the land tract books and original survey plats on microfilm. The Bureau of Land Management has digital images of the original survey plats for Arkansas at [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/SurveySearch/ http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/SurveySearch/]. The original survey creates land boundaries and marks them for the first time. | '''Land Tract Books--'''The Family History Library has the land tract books and original survey plats on microfilm. The Bureau of Land Management has digital images of the original survey plats for Arkansas at [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/SurveySearch/ http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/SurveySearch/]. The original survey creates land boundaries and marks them for the first time. | ||
Subsequent transfers of land between private owners were recorded by the clerk of the circuit or county court. Some counties have two courthouses where the documents could have been filed. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of most of the county deeds and indexes. | Subsequent transfers of land between private owners were recorded by the clerk of the circuit or county court. Some counties have two courthouses where the documents could have been filed. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of most of the county deeds and indexes. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||