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*'''1800s – Present''' - Use the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) [http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/prog/more/Land_Records.html Land Patent Index ]to identify original Federal land transfer records including homestead, military warrants, and cash entry [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Land_Patent_Search#Value_of_Land_Records patents]. These records help a researcher establish location and lead to National Archives’ records which may include genealogical information. Earlier land transfer records are at the National Archives. | *'''1800s – Present''' - Use the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) [http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/prog/more/Land_Records.html Land Patent Index ]to identify original Federal land transfer records including homestead, military warrants, and cash entry [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Land_Patent_Search#Value_of_Land_Records patents]. These records help a researcher establish location and lead to National Archives’ records which may include genealogical information. Earlier land transfer records are at the National Archives. | ||
*[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/data_lan.html ''Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sale Database''] - An index to over 550,000 names of original land owners from sales records of the U.S. General Land Office, the Illinois Central Railroad, and Illinois officials. Search by name of purchaser or legal description. This index provides the name of the purchaser and record identification number; sale type (federal, military, Illinois Central RR, canal lands, or school lands); description of land by section, township, range, meridian and county; number of acres; and date of purchase. | *[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/data_lan.html ''Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sale Database''] - An index to over 550,000 names of original land owners from sales records of the U.S. General Land Office, the Illinois Central Railroad, and Illinois officials. Search by name of purchaser or legal description. This index provides the name of the purchaser and record identification number; sale type (federal, military, Illinois Central RR, canal lands, or school lands); description of land by section, township, range, meridian and county; number of acres; and date of purchase. | ||
:*Volumes 661-716 from the above record group: ''Federal Land Records, Tract Books of Illinois, 1826-1873'' - {{FHL|257701|item|disp=FHL film 899766 (first of 19 films}}. | :*Volumes 661-716 from the above record group: ''Federal Land Records, Tract Books of Illinois, 1826-1873'' - {{FHL|257701|item|disp=FHL film 899766 (first of 19 films}}. | ||
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'''Raymond H. Hammes Collection''' | '''Raymond H. Hammes Collection''' | ||
The Raymond H. Hammes Collection, maintained at the Illinois State Archives, is an excellent collection of early land and other historical records from [[Kaskaskia, Illinois|Kaskaskia]] in Randolph County and settlements along the Mississippi River, including the Cahokia settlement in St. Clair County, which at the time covered a large portion of present-day Illinois. Most of the Hammes collection has been microfilmed and is available at the Family History Library. The collection can be found as ten entries including a consolidated index.<br> | The Raymond H. Hammes Collection, maintained at the Illinois State Archives, is an excellent collection of early land and other historical records from [[Kaskaskia, Illinois|Kaskaskia]] in Randolph County and settlements along the Mississippi River, including the Cahokia settlement in St. Clair County, which at the time covered a large portion of present-day Illinois. Most of the Hammes collection has been microfilmed and is available at the Family History Library. The collection can be found as ten entries including a consolidated index.<br> | ||
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|+ The Raymond H. Hammes Collection available at the Family History Library | |+ The Raymond H. Hammes Collection available at the Family History Library | ||
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