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*United States. Bureau of Land Management. ''Tract Books.'' Washington, D.C.: Records Improvement, Bureau of Land Management, 1957. On 1,265 FS Library films beginning with 1445277 {{FSC|607931|item}}. | *United States. Bureau of Land Management. ''Tract Books.'' Washington, D.C.: Records Improvement, Bureau of Land Management, 1957. On 1,265 FS Library films beginning with 1445277 {{FSC|607931|item}}. | ||
*Microfilm copies of the tract books and township plats of the Wisconsin land offices are available at the | *Microfilm copies of the tract books and township plats of the Wisconsin land offices are available at the FamilySearch Library. Plat books for counties in Wisconsin are listed in the [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search Place Search ] of the FamilySearch Catalog under:<br> | ||
:[name of county], Wisconsin – Land and Property | :[name of county], Wisconsin – Land and Property | ||
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=== Individual Land Transfers === | === Individual Land Transfers === | ||
[[File:WI farm.JPG|thumb|right|<center>Wisconsin Farm<center>]] | [[File:WI farm.JPG|thumb|right|<center>Wisconsin Farm<center>]] | ||
After land was transferred to private ownership, all subsequent transactions, including deeds and mortgages, were recorded by the register of deeds and are generally kept at the county courthouse. These records usually date back to the time of the county's organization and frequently have grantor (seller) and grantee (buyer) indexes. Many of the county indexes and deeds are on microfilm at the | After land was transferred to private ownership, all subsequent transactions, including deeds and mortgages, were recorded by the register of deeds and are generally kept at the county courthouse. These records usually date back to the time of the county's organization and frequently have grantor (seller) and grantee (buyer) indexes. Many of the county indexes and deeds are on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library. For example, the library has copies of Milwaukee County mortgage records and indexes (1836-1916) on 103 microfilms and Dane County deeds (1883-1886) and indexes (1835-1915) on 87 films. | ||
*Land records for Wisconsin are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] ''Place Search'' under: | *Land records for Wisconsin are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog [[Introduction to the FamilySearch Catalog|FamilySearch Catalog]] ''Place Search'' under: | ||
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