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[[Portal:United States Land and Property|Portal:United States Land and Property ]]>[[Alabama|Alabama]] | [[Portal:United States Land and Property|Portal:United States Land and Property ]]>[[Alabama|Alabama]] | ||
== History == | |||
Land records are primarily used to learn where an individual lived and when he or she lived there. They often reveal other family information, such as the name of a spouse, heir, other relatives, or neighbors. They may also include information about previous residences, occupations, military service, citizenship, and so forth. | Land records are primarily used to learn where an individual lived and when he or she lived there. They often reveal other family information, such as the name of a spouse, heir, other relatives, or neighbors. They may also include information about previous residences, occupations, military service, citizenship, and so forth. | ||
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People who lived in the area that is now Alabama were governed by several different countries, states, and territories during various time periods: | People who lived in the area that is now Alabama were governed by several different countries, states, and territories during various time periods: | ||
:France (1710–1763) | |||
:England (1763–1783) | |||
:Spain (1783–1795, north of the 31st parallel, the mouth of the Yazoo River) | |||
:Georgia (1795–1803, north of the 31st parallel) | |||
:Spain (1783–1813, south of the 31st parallel, including Mobile) | |||
:South Carolina (about 1783, until claim was given up in 1787) | |||
:Mississippi Territory (1798–1817) | |||
:Alabama Territory (1817–1819) | |||
:Federal Government Land Sales beginning in 1806 | |||
Depending on when a person bought land, the records may be recorded under the following governments: | Depending on when a person bought land, the records may be recorded under the following governments: | ||