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Moved the Land Acquisition Process back into the Un-Portal United States Land and Property page. Made changes to Introduction, Research Tools & Online Sources.
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The availability of land attracted many immigrants to America and encouraged westward expansion. Land ownership was generally recorded in an area as soon as settlers began to arrive. These important records sometimes exist when few other records are available. | The availability of land attracted many immigrants to America and encouraged westward expansion. Land ownership was generally recorded in an area as soon as settlers began to arrive. These important records sometimes exist when few other records are available. | ||
Land records are primarily used to learn where an individual lived and when he lived there. They often reveal other family information, such as the name of a spouse, heir, other relatives, or neighbors. You may learn where a person lived previously, his occupation, if he had served in the military, if he was a naturalized citizen, and other clues for further research. | |||
== Getting started with United States Land and Property research == | == Getting started with United States Land and Property research == | ||
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*The person who obtains title to land from the government receives a land grant. Subsequent exchanges of land are person-to-person exchanges involving deeds. | *The person who obtains title to land from the government receives a land grant. Subsequent exchanges of land are person-to-person exchanges involving deeds. | ||
== | == The Land Acquisition Process == | ||
In the United States, land is acquired in basically one of two ways; from the government or from an individual. The first sale of land from the government to a person is called a grant. Thereafter, the sale of that land from a person is called a deed. | |||
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| valign="top" align="left" | '''Government to Person''' | |||
*[[Government Land Grants|Government Land Grants]] | |||
*[[Colonial Land|Colonial Land]] | |||
*[[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)|Federal Land]] | |||
*[[State Land|State Land]]<br> | |||
== | | valign="top" align="left" | '''Person to Person''' | ||
*[[United States. United-States - Land and Property- Deeds|Deeds]] | |||
*[[County and Town Records|County and Town Records]] | |||
*[[Inheriting Land|Inheriting Land]] | |||
*[[Grants to Land Companies and Railroads|Land Companies/Railroads]] | |||
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== States == | == States == | ||
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== Research Tools == | |||
Patent search:<br>[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov www.glorecords.blm.gov]<br>Research strategies: <br>[http://www.familyhistory101.com/research-land/index.html Family History 101]<br>Search records:<br>[http://www.footnote.com Footnote.com] ($)<br>[http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] ($) | |||
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