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Land transfers from a state land state to an individual, or later transfers from '''individual to individual in any state''' are found in their respective state or county land offices and are '''not''' part of the BLM-GLO Land Patent Search. Those types of land transactions can usually be researched in the [[United States Land and Property|land and property]] records at county courthouses or state archives.<br> | Land transfers from a state land state to an individual, or later transfers from '''individual to individual in any state''' are found in their respective state or county land offices and are '''not''' part of the BLM-GLO Land Patent Search. Those types of land transactions can usually be researched in the [[United States Land and Property|land and property]] records at county courthouses or state archives.<br> | ||
For land in Texas, check out their General Land Office online, especially the | For land in Texas, check out their General Land Office online, especially the [https://s3.glo.texas.gov/glo/history/archives/land-grants/index.cfm Land Grant Database Search] | ||
For land in Pennsylvania, check out | For land in Pennsylvania, check out [https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Land-Records-Overview.aspx Land Records at the Pennsylvania State Archives] | ||
== Who is in the Land Patent Search == | == Who is in the Land Patent Search == | ||
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The BLM-GLO Land Patent Search index '''only lists people who were actually granted a federal land patent'''. All military bounty land, grants, cash, pre-emption, and credit entry patents should be indexed. Among homesteaders only about '''40 percent''' of initial applicants finished the process and received a legal title (patent) to their homestead. Among timberland applicants only about '''25 percent''' received their patent. | The BLM-GLO Land Patent Search index '''only lists people who were actually granted a federal land patent'''. All military bounty land, grants, cash, pre-emption, and credit entry patents should be indexed. Among homesteaders only about '''40 percent''' of initial applicants finished the process and received a legal title (patent) to their homestead. Among timberland applicants only about '''25 percent''' received their patent. | ||
Homesteaders who never obtained a patent because they did not finish are '''not in the Land Patent Search''', but they '''are in the application papers'''. It is possible to get copies of unfinished applications. However, to see such application papers you must figure out [[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)#Legal_Description_of_the_Land|another way to obtain the legal description of the land]] | Homesteaders who never obtained a patent because they did not finish are '''not in the Land Patent Search''', but they '''are in the application papers'''. It is possible to get copies of unfinished applications. However, to see such application papers you must figure out [[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)#Legal_Description_of_the_Land|another way to obtain the legal description of the land]] they started to homestead. | ||
== Using the Land Patent Search == | == Using the Land Patent Search == | ||
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*change a particular state to -- Any State -- | *change a particular state to -- Any State -- | ||
*delete other details. The fewer the search parameters, the larger the result list will be. | *delete other details. The fewer the search parameters, the larger the result list will be. | ||
*use wildcard symbols in names: | *use wildcard symbols in names: % in place of multiple characters; _ in place of single character | ||
*Look for a spelling variation of names. For ideas see | *Look for a spelling variation of names. For ideas see [[Guessing a Name Variation|Guessing a Name Variation]] | ||
'''If an ancestor is on the results list'''<br> | '''If an ancestor is on the results list'''<br> | ||
*Click on the '''Accession number''' to view Patent Details | *Click on the '''Accession number''' to view Patent Details | ||
*Click the '''Printer Friendly''' | *Click the '''Printer Friendly''' button to print<br> | ||
*Click on '''Patent Image''' tab to view, save, or print | *Click on '''Patent Image''' tab to view, save, or print | ||
*Click on '''Related Documents''' tab to view, save, or print | *Click on '''Related Documents''' tab to view, save, or print | ||
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