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 The [http://www.wvculture.org/HiStory/archivesindex.aspx Archives and History Library] has copies of these records. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of these records, including:
-*Land grants arranged by counties, 1748-1912 (on 56 Family History Library films beginning with 521685)
+*Land grants arranged by counties, 1748-1912 (on 56 Family History Library films beginning with [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=334356&disp=Land+grants%2C+1748+-+1912++ 521685])
-*Land sales, 1860-75 (Family History Library films 558437-39)
+*Land sales, 1860-75 (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=61196&disp=Land+sales%2C+1860-1875++ films 558437-39])
-*Plats and surveys, 1863-89 (Family History Library film 462959)&nbsp;&nbsp;
+*Plats and surveys, 1863-89 (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=58999&disp=Plats+and+surveys%2C+1863-1889++ film 462959])&nbsp;&nbsp;
-The office of the state auditor published an index of all identifiable grantees from 1748 to the 1900s in Edgar Barr Sims, ''Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia'' (Charleston, West Virginia: E.B. Sims, 1952; Family History Library book 975.4 R21w; film 1036828 items 3-4). The grantees are listed alphabetically within the county that issued the grant. The actual grants are on microfilm (see above).&nbsp;&nbsp;This book is online at a subscription website:
+The office of the state auditor published an index of all identifiable grantees from 1748 to the 1900s in:
+Sims, Edgar Barr. ''Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia.'' Charleston, West Virginia: E.B. Sims, 1952. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=109038&disp=Sims+index+to+land+grants+in+West+Virgin%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 975.4 R21w; film1036828 items 3-4].) The grantees are listed alphabetically within the county that issued the grant. The actual grants are on microfilm (see above).&nbsp;&nbsp;This book is online at a subscription website:
 [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=25647&offerid=0:7858:0 http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&amp;dbid=25647&amp;offerid=0%3a7858%3a0]
-Information on boundary disputes and county formation data (including maps) is in Edgar Barr Sims, ''Making a State: Formation of West Virginia'' (Charleston, West Virginia: E.B. Sims, 1956; Family History Library book Q 975.4 R2s). This includes a supplement to the Sims Index (see above).
+Information on boundary disputes and county formation data (including maps) is in:
+Sims, Edgar Barr. ''Making a State: Formation of West Virginia.'' Charleston, West Virginia: E.B. Sims, 1956. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=49225&disp=Making+a+state%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book Q 975.4 R2s].) This includes a supplement to the Sims Index (see above).
 For more information on land grants see the [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/resolveuid/4e1c7f8f11cb7946a951def5c86f24ee Virginia Research Outline] and the [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/../united-states-research-outline United States Research Outline.&nbsp;&nbsp;]
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 http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvminera/simsindex.htm
 http://www.wvculture.org/hiStory/journal_wvh/wvh40-2.html
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