Indiana Land and Property: Difference between revisions

Cowen, Janet C. ''Jeffersonville Land Entries, 1808-1818''. Indianapolis, Indiana: J.Cowen, 1984. (Family History Library book 977.2 R2c) This is an index to the records at the Jeffersonville land office, which was located in Clark County, in southeastern Indiana. This lists the receipt number, the person who purchased land, state of residence (including county or city), land description (section, township, and range), number of acres, and date of purchase.  

Lux, Leonard. ''The Vincennes Donation Lands''. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana Historical Society, 1949. (Family History Library book 977.2 B4 vol.15, no.4; film 928192 item5; fiche 6051134). This book lists the names of persons having land claims of 400 acres each in the southwestern part of the state (1788–1792).  

Waters, Margaret R. ''Indiana Land Entries''. Two volumes. 1948. Reprint, Knightstown, Indiana: Bookmark, 1977-1979. (Family History Library book 977.2 R2w; fiche 6046718 vols. 1–2). Volume one has records of the Cincinnati, Ohio, land office, 1801 to 1840, and volume two, for the Vincennes, Indiana, land office, 1807 to 1877. Each volume is indexed and gives the location of the land, the date of the transaction, and the page number in the original land entries.  

'''''WPA Card File'''''. The Work Projects Administration prepared an extensive card file of over 150,000 index cards many state-level land, court, and military records in the pre–1850 record series at the Archives Division, Commission on Public Records. This is only available to researchers at the Indiana State Archives in Indianapolis, Indiana. About 95 percent of the sources indexed cannot be identified easily.