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A clear, comprehensive description of public domain lands and the value and use of deeds and other land records is: | A clear, comprehensive description of public domain lands and the value and use of deeds and other land records is: | ||
Hone, E. Wade. ''Land and Property Research in the United States''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1997. Ancestry is a trademark of Ancestry, Inc. (Family History Library book 973 R27h). | Hone, E. Wade. ''Land and Property Research in the United States''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1997. Ancestry is a trademark of Ancestry, Inc. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=973+R27h 973 R27h]). | ||
At various times, early settlers and others made written claims to the government for lands. Those claims frequently included statements by relatives, heirs, neighbors, or friends and sometimes contained additional genealogical information. A land office was opened at [[Kaskaskia, | At various times, early settlers and others made written claims to the government for lands. Those claims frequently included statements by relatives, heirs, neighbors, or friends and sometimes contained additional genealogical information. A land office was opened at [[Kaskaskia, Illinois|Kaskaskia]] in 1804 for settling claims and land disputes. Records of these and other claims are in: | ||
United States. Congress. ''American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive of the Congress of the United States.'' La Crosse, Wisconsin: Brookhaven Press, 1959. 38 Volumes. (On 29 Family History Library films, beginning with 1631827.) Classes 8 and 9 of these records deal with public lands and claims for the years 1789 to 1837, and may name siblings or heirs of original claimants. Classes 8 and 9 have been republished in: | United States. Congress. ''American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive of the Congress of the United States.'' La Crosse, Wisconsin: Brookhaven Press, 1959. 38 Volumes. (On 29 Family History Library films, beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1631827 1631827].) Classes 8 and 9 of these records deal with public lands and claims for the years 1789 to 1837, and may name siblings or heirs of original claimants. Classes 8 and 9 have been republished in: | ||
United States. Congress. ''American State Papers, Class 8: Public Lands; Class 9: Claims: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States''. Nine Volumes. 1832–1861. Reprint, Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1994. (Family History Library book 973 R2ag 1994.) A comprehensive index to Classes 8 and 9 of both of the above records is: | United States. Congress. ''American State Papers, Class 8: Public Lands; Class 9: Claims: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States''. Nine Volumes. 1832–1861. Reprint, Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1994. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=973+R2ag 973 R2ag] 1994.) A comprehensive index to Classes 8 and 9 of both of the above records is: | ||
McMullin, Phillip W., ed. ''Grassroots of America: A Computerized Index to the American State Papers: Land Grants and Claims 1789–1837 with Other Aids to Research'' (Government Document Serial Set Numbers 28 through 36.) Salt Lake City, Utah: Gendex Corp, 1972. (Family History Library book 973 R2ag index; fiche 6051323 [set of 6]). | McMullin, Phillip W., ed. ''Grassroots of America: A Computerized Index to the American State Papers: Land Grants and Claims 1789–1837 with Other Aids to Research'' (Government Document Serial Set Numbers 28 through 36.) Salt Lake City, Utah: Gendex Corp, 1972. (Family History Library book 973 R2ag index; fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=6051323 6051323] [set of 6]). | ||
The ''Raymond H. Hammes Collection'' described in the "[[Illinois History|History]]" section of this outline is significant to early Illinois research in land records. An index to most of the land records in the collection is: | The ''Raymond H. Hammes Collection'' described in the "[[Illinois History|History]]" section of this outline is significant to early Illinois research in land records. An index to most of the land records in the collection is: | ||
Hammes, Raymond H. (Henry). ''Consolidated Index for the Raymond H. Hammes Collection at the Illinois State Genealogical Society, Land Records, 1678–1814''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (Family History Library film 1543598, item 1 While the title implies otherwise, this collection is at the Illinois State Archives. | Hammes, Raymond H. (Henry). ''Consolidated Index for the Raymond H. Hammes Collection at the Illinois State Genealogical Society, Land Records, 1678–1814''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=1543598 1543598], item 1 While the title implies otherwise, this collection is at the Illinois State Archives. | ||
To find more information on early landowners, see the Territorial Papers of the United States and selected sources for [[Kaskaskia, | To find more information on early landowners, see the Territorial Papers of the United States and selected sources for [[Kaskaskia, Illinois|Kaskaskia]] and other early settlements described in the "[[Illinois History|History]]" section. | ||
=== Government Land Transfers === | === Government Land Transfers === | ||