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=== Claims to French and Spanish Grants === | === Claims to French and Spanish Grants === | ||
In the early 1800s many land claims were filed as [[ | In the early 1800s many land claims were filed as [[Missouri]] residents tried to document claims to lands previously granted by the French and Spanish. In 1805, the U.S. Congress established a Board of Commissioners to confirm earlier grants. | ||
Some of these records have been published in sources such as the American State Papers. An index to the claims made from 1795 to 1812 is on Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=45759&disp=Record+books%2C+1795-1808%3B+index+to+++ film 984777]. The names in the American State Papers (on microfilm at the Family History Library) have also been published in: | Some of these records have been published in sources such as the American State Papers. An index to the claims made from 1795 to 1812 is on Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=45759&disp=Record+books%2C+1795-1808%3B+index+to+++ film 984777]. The names in the American State Papers (on microfilm at the Family History Library) have also been published in: | ||