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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Washington|Washington]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Land and Property|U.S. Land and Property]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Washington|Washington]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Washington_Land_and_Property|Land and Property]]''__TOC__ | ||
Washington is a public land state. The area that now comprises the state was part of the public domain and was administered by the federal government through local land offices under the direction of the General Land Office (GLO), later known as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at http://www.blm.gov/or/st/en.html. The first land office in Washington was established at Olympia in 1855. | Washington is a public land state. The area that now comprises the state was part of the public domain and was administered by the federal government through local land offices under the direction of the General Land Office (GLO), later known as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) at http://www.blm.gov/or/st/en.html. The first land office in Washington was established at Olympia in 1855. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
''Washington Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. (All of the information from the original research article has been imported into this Wiki site and is being updated as time permits.) | ''Washington Research Outline.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. (All of the information from the original research article has been imported into this Wiki site and is being updated as time permits.)<br> | ||
'''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:''' | |||
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*[[Washington State County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | *[[Washington State County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||
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[[Category:Washington|Land]] | [[Category:Washington|Land]] | ||