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Operating in parallel with the adjudication of private land claims, was the Public Land Survey System (PLSS). All unclaimed land in California, one of the 30 public land states, was surveyed under this system and title granted by federal land patents. This system was administered by the federal land district offices. Once the land was granted by the federal government the records of subsequent transfers will be found at the county level. | Operating in parallel with the adjudication of private land claims, was the Public Land Survey System (PLSS). All unclaimed land in California, one of the 30 public land states, was surveyed under this system and title granted by federal land patents. This system was administered by the federal land district offices. Once the land was granted by the federal government the records of subsequent transfers will be found at the county level. | ||
*[https://glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx The General Land Office Records (GLO)] at Bureau of Land Management - search for patents for California private land claims; search by name, or by "Grant-Spanish/Mexican" Authority; click on "Related Documents" to download and see the document.''California Land and Property'' by Richard G. Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA, 2022; used with permission</ref> | *[https://glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx The General Land Office Records (GLO)] at Bureau of Land Management - search for patents for California private land claims; search by name, or by "Grant-Spanish/Mexican" Authority; click on "Related Documents" to download and see the document.<ref>''California Land and Property'' by Richard G. Sayre, CG, CGL, FUGA, 2022; used with permission</ref> | ||
The first general land offices were established in Los Angeles and Benicia in 1853. The land entry files associated with these transactions are located in the [https://www.archives.gov/dc National Archives at Washington, D.C.] Additional federal land records relating to California are located in the [https://www.archives.gov/college-park National Archives at College Park], at [https://www.archives.gov/san-francisco San Francisco], and at [https://www.archives.gov/riverside Riverside]. Use the [https://www.archives.gov/research/land/accessing-land-entry-files National Archives] catalog to identify these records. | The first general land offices were established in Los Angeles and Benicia in 1853. The land entry files associated with these transactions are located in the [https://www.archives.gov/dc National Archives at Washington, D.C.] Additional federal land records relating to California are located in the [https://www.archives.gov/college-park National Archives at College Park], at [https://www.archives.gov/san-francisco San Francisco], and at [https://www.archives.gov/riverside Riverside]. Use the [https://www.archives.gov/research/land/accessing-land-entry-files National Archives] catalog to identify these records. | ||
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