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[[File:District of Columbia map.png|thumb|right|500px|<center>Area map of the District of Columbia. It shows neighboring counties in Maryland and Virginia. It also shows selected towns in Maryland with genealogical repositories, and the Independent Cities of Virginia which keep records like a county.</center>]] | [[File:District of Columbia map.png|thumb|right|500px|<center>Area map of the District of Columbia. It shows neighboring counties in Maryland and Virginia. It also shows selected towns in Maryland with genealogical repositories, and the Independent Cities of Virginia which keep records like a county.</center>]] | ||
=== Bureau of Land Management Eastern States Office === | === Bureau of Land Management Eastern States Office === | ||
20 M Street SE, Suite 950<br>Washington, D.C. 20003<br>Telephone: 202-912-7700<br>Fax: 202-912-7710<br>E-mail: [mailto:director@blm.gov director@blm.gov]<br>Internet: [https://www.blm.gov/ | 20 M Street SE, Suite 950<br>Washington, D.C. 20003<br>Telephone: 202-912-7700<br>Fax: 202-912-7710<br>E-mail: [mailto:director@blm.gov director@blm.gov]<br>Internet: [https://www.blm.gov/eastern-states BLM Eastern States] | ||
:Original land records for all transfers of U.S. '''federal land''' to individuals in those states touching, or east of the Mississippi River. This includes land sales (cash or credit), homesteads, bounty land for military service, mineral and timberland rights transfers. See the Wiki article '''[[Land Patent Search]]''' for an explanation and link to the index. The BLM also has plat maps, tract books, and the original patents. With a patent description a researcher can access the land entry papers at the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]]. | :Original land records for all transfers of U.S. '''federal land''' to individuals in those states touching, or east of the Mississippi River. This includes land sales (cash or credit), homesteads, bounty land for military service, mineral and timberland rights transfers. See the Wiki article '''[[Land Patent Search]]''' for an explanation and link to the index. The BLM also has plat maps, tract books, and the original patents. With a patent description a researcher can access the land entry papers at the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]]. | ||