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 After West Virginia became a state, the state government took possession of all unowned land and continued issuing grants. The original state land grants, sales, and surveys for West Virginia are located at:
-Office of the State Auditor<br />Capitol Building<br />County Collections Division<br />Building-1 Room W-212<br />Charleston, WV 25305<br />Telephone: 304-558-2251<br />Fax: 304-558-5200
+Office of the State Auditor<br>Capitol Building<br>County Collections Division<br>Building-1 Room W-212<br>Charleston, WV 25305<br>Telephone: 304-558-2251<br>Fax: 304-558-5200
 The [http://www.wvculture.org/HiStory/archivesindex.aspx Archives and History Library] has copies of these records. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of these records, including:
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 * Land grants arranged by counties, 1748-1912 (on 56 FHL films beginning with 521685)
 * Land sales, 1860-75 (FHL films 558437-39)
-* Plats and surveys, 1863-89 (FHL film 462959)
+* Plats and surveys, 1863-89 (FHL film 462959)&nbsp;&nbsp;
-The office of the state auditor published an index of all identifiable grantees from 1748 to the 1900s in Edgar Barr Sims, ''Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia'' (Charleston, West Virginia: E.B. Sims, 1952; FHL book 975.4 R21w; film 1036828 items 3-4). The grantees are listed alphabetically within the county that issued the grant. The actual grants are on microfilm (see above).  This book is online at a subscription website:
+The office of the state auditor published an index of all identifiable grantees from 1748 to the 1900s in Edgar Barr Sims, ''Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia'' (Charleston, West Virginia: E.B. Sims, 1952; FHL book 975.4 R21w; film 1036828 items 3-4). The grantees are listed alphabetically within the county that issued the grant. The actual grants are on microfilm (see above).&nbsp;&nbsp;This book is online at a subscription website:
 [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=25647&offerid=0:7858:0 http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&amp;dbid=25647&amp;offerid=0%3a7858%3a0]
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 Information on boundary disputes and county formation data (including maps) is in Edgar Barr Sims, ''Making a State: Formation of West Virginia'' (Charleston, West Virginia: E.B. Sims, 1956; FHL book Q 975.4 R2s). This includes a supplement to the Sims Index (see above).
-For more information on land grants see the [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/resolveuid/4e1c7f8f11cb7946a951def5c86f24ee Virginia Research Outline] and the [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/../united-states-research-outline United States Research Outline.  ]
+For more information on land grants see the [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/resolveuid/4e1c7f8f11cb7946a951def5c86f24ee Virginia Research Outline] and the [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/../united-states-research-outline United States Research Outline.&nbsp;&nbsp;]
 '''Transfers of Land between Individuals'''
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 http://www.wvculture.org/hiStory/journal_wvh/wvh40-2.html
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