Michigan Land and Property: Difference between revisions

*United States Congress ''American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive of the Congress of the United States'' La Crosse, Wisconsin: Brookhaven Press, 1959. 38 vols. On 29 films beginning with {{FHL|309454|item|disp=FS Library film 1631827}}; classes 8 and 9 are also on {{FHL|238154|item|disp=FS Library films 899878–899885}}. Volumes for classes 8 and 9 deal with public lands and claims for 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. {{FHL|421351|item|disp=FS Library book 973 R2ag}}. The American state papers include many of the private land claims for the early time period prior to statehood.

:*McMullin, Phillip W. and United States Congress ''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)'' Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1994, c1990. {{FHL|690189|item|disp=FS Library book 973 R2ag index 1990}}. {{WorldCat|369896|=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}

*Michigan Circuit Court (Mackinac County) ''Miscellaneous records, 1805-1841'' Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974. Contains oaths of office, deeds, wills, marriages, 1805-1820; court journal, 1823-1841. {{FHL|169630|item|disp=FS Library film 955819 item 2}}.

*Historical Records Survey (Michigan); Michigan State Library (Lansing, Michigan); Daughters of the American Revolution, Louisa St. Clair Chapter (Detroit, Michigan) ''Early land transfers, Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan ... 1703-1869 State Library and Daughters of the American Revolution, Louisa St. Clair Chapter, sponsors. (n. p.) 1936-1940.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973. {{FHL|16141|item|disp=FS Library film 926988 items 2,3; first of 10 films}}. Includes index.

*Wayne County (Michigan) Register of Deeds ''Deed records, 1766 - 1918'' Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974. {{FHL|244568|item|disp=FS Library film 926443.}}

*English, William Hayden ''Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783, and life of General George Rogers Clark : with numerous sketches of men who served under Clark and full list of those allotted lands in Clark's grant for service in the campaigns against the British posts, showing exact land allotted each'' Washington [District of Columbia]: L.C. Photoduplication Service, 1986. {{FHL|340293|item|disp=FS Library film 1454567 items 3-4.}}

*Ainsworth, Fern ''Private land claims, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin'' [Natchitoches, Louisiana : F. Ainsworth, 198-?]. This book contains a private land claims docket index for the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. {{FHL|538634|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6100813 (2 fiche); book 977 R2a.}}

*United States. Bureau of Land Management. ''Card Files''. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Land Management, 19—. On 160 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|511740|item|disp=FS Library film 1501522}}. Each card contains the following information: Certificate number District Land Office Kind of entry (cash, credit, warrant, etc.) Name of patentee and county of origin Land description Number of acres Date of patent Volume and page where document can be located . Because these index cards are arranged by township and range within each state, the researcher will need to already have an approximate legal description in order to access these cards.

*United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Michigan cash and homestead entries, cadastral survey plats ''Springfield, Virginia: BLM Eastern States, 1994.'' {{FHL|706833|item|disp=FS Library CD-ROM no.22.}} "A data base created from information contained on the original copy of the land patent/certificate/document maintained by the Secretary of the Interior."

*Andriot, Jay. Township Atlas of the United States. McLean, Virginia: Documents Index, 1991. Family History Library book {{FHL|456649|item|disp=FS Library book 973 E7an 1991.}} This book is arranged alphabetically by state.

*United States. Bureau of Land Management. ''Tract Books.'' Washington, D.C.: Records Improvement, Bureau of Land Management, 1957. On 1,265 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|607931|item|disp=FS Library film 145278}}.