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[[Portal:United States Land and Property|Portal:United States Land and Property ]]>[ | [[Portal:United States Land and Property|Portal:United States Land and Property ]]>[Portal:Georgia (state)|Georgia]] | ||
=== Colonial and State Records === | === Colonial and State Records === | ||
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The Family History Library and the Georgia Surveyor General Department at the Georgia Department of Archives and History have original land grants on microfilm. The records at the Family History Library include books of conveyances (1750-1802), mortgages (1755-1822), fiats for grants (1755-76), and bonds, sales, and gift records (1755-1829). | The Family History Library and the Georgia Surveyor General Department at the Georgia Department of Archives and History have original land grants on microfilm. The records at the Family History Library include books of conveyances (1750-1802), mortgages (1755-1822), fiats for grants (1755-76), and bonds, sales, and gift records (1755-1829). | ||
=== Land Lottery Records === | === Land Lottery Records === | ||
The parts of Georgia that are now Alabama and Mississippi were ceded in 1802. The remaining northern and western areas of present-day Georgia were surveyed and given away by lotteries in 1805, 1807, 1820, 1821, 1827, and 1832. The lottery lists have been published in several sources, such as: | The parts of Georgia that are now Alabama and Mississippi were ceded in 1802. The remaining northern and western areas of present-day Georgia were surveyed and given away by lotteries in 1805, 1807, 1820, 1821, 1827, and 1832. The lottery lists have been published in several sources, such as: | ||
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*Reverted lottery records, 1815 to 1872 (9 films). These are records of lots which reverted to the state because the lottery receiver did not claim them. | *Reverted lottery records, 1815 to 1872 (9 films). These are records of lots which reverted to the state because the lottery receiver did not claim them. | ||
For further details on state land records, see Marion R. Hemperley, ''The Georgia Surveyor General Department: A History and Inventory of Georgia's Land Office'' (Atlanta, Georgia: State Printing Office, 1982; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1979&disp=The+Georgia+surveyor+general+department%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.8 R2hg]). | For further details on state land records, see Marion R. Hemperley, ''The Georgia Surveyor General Department: A History and Inventory of Georgia's Land Office'' (Atlanta, Georgia: State Printing Office, 1982; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1979&disp=The+Georgia+surveyor+general+department%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.8 R2hg]). | ||
=== County Records === | === County Records === | ||
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''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Georgia.ASP Georgia Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | ''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Georgia.ASP Georgia Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001. | ||
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