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Some tax records, land grants, state patents and state tract books are available online. Follow the link above to the State Land Office to accesst these records online. | Some tax records, land grants, state patents and state tract books are available online. Follow the link above to the State Land Office to accesst these records online. | ||
Each office created several sets of records and indexes. Land tract books arranged by ranges and townships for the years 1807 to 1870 are also at the State Land Office and the Family History Library. | Each office created several sets of records and indexes. {{FHL|410784|item|disp=Land tract books, FHL Film 1318189 (first of 21 films)}} arranged by ranges and townships for the years 1807 to 1870 are also at the State Land Office and the Family History Library. | ||
Since statehood, subsequent transfers of land between private owners have been recorded by the local clerk of court in each parish. Some records are filed in notarial books. They are often called “conveyances” and have vendor/vendee indexes. | Since statehood, subsequent transfers of land between private owners have been recorded by the local clerk of court in each parish. Some records are filed in notarial books. They are often called “conveyances” and have vendor/vendee indexes. | ||
The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the deeds for most parishes. For example, for New Orleans the Family History Library has 181 microfilms covering the years 1827 to 1887 and an index to 1900. | The Family History Library has microfilm copies of the deeds for most parishes. For example, for New Orleans the Family History Library has 181 microfilms covering the years 1827 to 1887 and an index to 1900. {{FHL|215296|item|disp=FHL Film 866117 (first of 181 films)}} | ||
== References == | == References == | ||