Missouri Land and Property: Difference between revisions

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See also ''Index of purchasers, United States land sales in Missouri'', by the United States, Work Projects Administration and the Ozarks Genealogical Society. Springfield, Missouri : Ozarks Genealogical Society (Missouri), c1985-1991. {{FHL|555802|item|disp=FHL 977.8 R22ip v. 1-3}}.  

*The Bureau of Land Management and General Land Office (BLM-GLO) has an on line [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx Land Patent Search] which is an index to millions of ancestors named in federal land patents and warrants from 1788 to the 1960’s located at the National Archives. This is the best place to begin when searching for a land patent because of the ease of navigation when searching for an ancestor. This internet web site also provides many images of patents.

:*Swamp land records for the 1800s. Located in the counties of New Madrid, Scott, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Mississippi, Wayne, Butler, Stoddard and Ripley.

Missouri uses the rectangular land survey system of section, township, and range.The townships were six-mile square blocks of land, divided into 36 one-mile squares called sections. The township was numbered north and south, starting from the center line, and the range was numbered east and west starting from the center line.  

*United States General Land Office ''Field notes from selected General Land Office township surveys'' {{FHL|479867|item}}, starting with film 1065682.

Tract books may also serve as indexes to the case files. They are arranged geographically by township and range, so you have to have some idea of the legal description of the land where your ancestor lived to be able to use them. Some legal land descriptions are included in county records.  

:Missouri, [name of county] – Land and Property

When federal land was finally transferred to private individuals, it was said to be patented.  

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bureau of Land Management Eastern States Office<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7450 Boston Boulevard<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Springfield, VA 22153<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Telephone: 703-440-1523<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fax: 703-440-1599  

Also known as Land Entry Files or Patent Files, the case file is the accumulation of paperwork gathered during the land transactions which occurred when the land is transferred from the U.S. Government to private ownership and are kept at the National Archives in Washington D.C. These documents are the most helpful records for researchers because some files contain valuable information and may include personal or family information, such as military discharge papers, proof of citizenship, former residences, birthplaces and more. While not all files have pertinent information for the researcher, they are often worth obtaining. For further information regarding case files and how to order them, you will want to read the article [[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)#Locating_the_Land_and_it.27s_Associated_Records|''Locating the Land and it's Associated Records'']] at the United States Land and Property wiki page. The physical address of where the records are kept at the National Archives is as follows: