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''{{TN-sidebar}}<br>''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee Genealogy|Tennessee ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]]'' | ''{{TN-sidebar}}<br>''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee Genealogy|Tennessee ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]]'' | ||
=== Online Resources === | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2882 North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931], ($), index | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2885 North Carolina and Tennessee, Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1783-1843], ($), index | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4903 U.S., Tennessee Valley, Family Removal and Population Readjustment Case Files, 1934-1953], ($), index | |||
*[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx Bureau of Land Management Land Patents] | |||
[[Image:{{GreatSmokey}}|View of the Great Smoky Mountains, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.]] The availability of land attracted many immigrants to America and encouraged westward expansion. Land ownership was generally recorded in an area as soon as settlers began to arrive. You can locate ancestral deeds using the [http://www.assessment.state.tn.us/ Tennessee Property Records Online.] An online index is also available for ancestral and modern [http://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php deeds specific to Shelby County]. You can use land records primarily to learn where an individual lived and when. They often reveal family information, such as the name of a spouse, heir, other relatives, or neighbors. You may learn where a person lived previously, his occupation, if he had served in the military, if he was a naturalized citizen, and other clues. Sale of the land may show when he left, and may mention where he was moving. | [[Image:{{GreatSmokey}}|View of the Great Smoky Mountains, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.]] The availability of land attracted many immigrants to America and encouraged westward expansion. Land ownership was generally recorded in an area as soon as settlers began to arrive. You can locate ancestral deeds using the [http://www.assessment.state.tn.us/ Tennessee Property Records Online.] An online index is also available for ancestral and modern [http://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php deeds specific to Shelby County]. You can use land records primarily to learn where an individual lived and when. They often reveal family information, such as the name of a spouse, heir, other relatives, or neighbors. You may learn where a person lived previously, his occupation, if he had served in the military, if he was a naturalized citizen, and other clues. Sale of the land may show when he left, and may mention where he was moving. | ||