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[[Portal:United States Land and Property|Portal:United States Land and Property ]]>[[North Dakota|North Dakota]] | |||
When the United States acquired [[Portal:North Dakota|North Dakota]], most of the land became part of the public domain. The federal government administered the land through the General Land Office. Available land was surveyed into townships and transferred to private ownership through a process called land entry. The first General Land Office was established at Pembina in 1870. The local land offices kept tract books (recording transactions for each section of land), and township plats (maps of land entries for each township). | When the United States acquired [[Portal:North Dakota|North Dakota]], most of the land became part of the public domain. The federal government administered the land through the General Land Office. Available land was surveyed into townships and transferred to private ownership through a process called land entry. The first General Land Office was established at Pembina in 1870. The local land offices kept tract books (recording transactions for each section of land), and township plats (maps of land entries for each township). | ||
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The National Archives has the original homestead entry files, cash entry files, tract books, and township plats. See the United States Research Outline for address and telephone. Records of the local land offices are also at the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Township plats are also at the North Dakota Water Commission, 900 East Boulevard, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0850, Telephone: 701-328-2750, Fax: 701-328-3696.<br>Email:[http://www.swc.state.nd.us/4dlink9/4dcgi/GetCategoryRecord/Contact Us swc@nd.gov<br>http://www.swc.state.nd.us/4dlink9/4dcgi/GetCategoryRecord/Contact%20Us]<br> | The National Archives has the original homestead entry files, cash entry files, tract books, and township plats. See the United States Research Outline for address and telephone. Records of the local land offices are also at the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Township plats are also at the North Dakota Water Commission, 900 East Boulevard, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0850, Telephone: 701-328-2750, Fax: 701-328-3696.<br>Email:[http://www.swc.state.nd.us/4dlink9/4dcgi/GetCategoryRecord/Contact Us swc@nd.gov<br>http://www.swc.state.nd.us/4dlink9/4dcgi/GetCategoryRecord/Contact%20Us]<br> | ||
After land was transferred from the government by sale or grant to private owners, it could be sold again, inherited, lost by foreclosure of a mortgage, or redistributed through a divorce. These transactions are recorded by the registrar of deeds in each county in the form of deeds and mortgages. The Family History Library has not acquired copies of the land records from the county courthouses in North Dakota but does have land plat maps or atlases for some counties.<!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | After land was transferred from the government by sale or grant to private owners, it could be sold again, inherited, lost by foreclosure of a mortgage, or redistributed through a divorce. These transactions are recorded by the registrar of deeds in each county in the form of deeds and mortgages. The Family History Library has not acquired copies of the land records from the county courthouses in North Dakota but does have land plat maps or atlases for some counties.<!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --><!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | ||
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