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A clear, comprehensive description of public domain lands and the value and use of deeds and other land records is: | A clear, comprehensive description of public domain lands and the value and use of deeds and other land records is: | ||
*Hone, E. Wade. ''Land and Property Research in the United States''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1997. Ancestry is a trademark of Ancestry, Inc. (Family History Library book | *Hone, E. Wade. ''Land and Property Research in the United States''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1997. Ancestry is a trademark of Ancestry, Inc. (Family History Library book {{FHL|766994|title-id|disp=973 R27h}}). | ||
At various times, early settlers and others made written claims to the government for lands. Those claims frequently included statements by relatives, heirs, neighbors, or friends and sometimes contained additional genealogical information. Records of these and other claims are in: | At various times, early settlers and others made written claims to the government for lands. Those claims frequently included statements by relatives, heirs, neighbors, or friends and sometimes contained additional genealogical information. Records of these and other claims are in: | ||
*United States. Congress. ''American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive of the Congress of the United States.'' La Crosse, Wisconsin: Brookhaven Press, 1959. 38 Volumes. (On 29 Family History Library films, beginning with | *United States. Congress. ''American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive of the Congress of the United States.'' La Crosse, Wisconsin: Brookhaven Press, 1959. 38 Volumes. (On 29 Family History Library films, beginning with {{FHL|309454|title-id|disp=1631827}}.) Classes 8 and 9 of these records deal with public lands and claims for the years 1789 to 1837, and may name siblings or heirs of original claimants. Classes 8 and 9 have been republished in: | ||
*United States. Congress. ''American State Papers, Class 8: Public Lands; Class 9: Claims: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States''. Nine Volumes. 1832–1861. Reprint, Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1994. (Family History Library book | *United States. Congress. ''American State Papers, Class 8: Public Lands; Class 9: Claims: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States''. Nine Volumes. 1832–1861. Reprint, Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1994. (Family History Library book {{FHL|421351|title-id|disp=973 R2ag}} 1994.) A comprehensive index to Classes 8 and 9 of both of the above records is: | ||
*McMullin, Phillip W., ed. ''Grassroots of America: A Computerized Index to the American State Papers: Land Grants and Claims 1789–1837 with Other Aids to Research'' (Government Document Serial Set Numbers 28 through 36.) Salt Lake City, Utah: Gendex Corp, 1972. (Family History Library | *McMullin, Phillip W., ed. ''Grassroots of America: A Computerized Index to the American State Papers: Land Grants and Claims 1789–1837 with Other Aids to Research'' (Government Document Serial Set Numbers 28 through 36.) Salt Lake City, Utah: Gendex Corp, 1972. (Family History Library {{FHL|286182|title-id|disp=book 973 R2ag index; fiche 6051323}} [set of 6]). | ||
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The [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] has microfilm copies of most of the county records and is continuing to microfilm deeds of other counties up to about 1900. Contact the county clerk or recorder for records that have not been microfilmed. | The [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] has microfilm copies of most of the county records and is continuing to microfilm deeds of other counties up to about 1900. Contact the county clerk or recorder for records that have not been microfilmed. | ||
Land records can be found in the Family History Library Catalog by using a ''' | Land records can be found in the Family History Library Catalog by using a '''http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 Place Search | ||
{{dead link}}''' under: (*Most of the sources found under the state search for land and property are Bureau of Indian Affairs records.) | |||
SOUTH DAKOTA - LAND AND PROPERTY | SOUTH DAKOTA - LAND AND PROPERTY | ||