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The availability of land attracted many immigrants to America and encouraged westward expansion. Land records are primarily used to learn where a person lived and when he or she lived there. They often reveal other family information as well, such as the name of a spouse, an heir, other relatives, or neighbors. You may learn a person’s previous residences, his occupation, if he had served in the military, if he was a naturalized citizen, and other clues for further research. | The availability of land attracted many immigrants to America and encouraged westward expansion. Land records are primarily used to learn where a person lived and when he or she lived there. They often reveal other family information as well, such as the name of a spouse, an heir, other relatives, or neighbors. You may learn a person’s previous residences, his occupation, if he had served in the military, if he was a naturalized citizen, and other clues for further research. | ||
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'''Card Index'''. This index, also referred to as the Land Grant Index, is the predecessor to the newer MARS index. This index is located at the North Carolina State Archives, and a microfilm copy of part of the index is available at the Family History Library. | '''Card Index'''. This index, also referred to as the Land Grant Index, is the predecessor to the newer MARS index. This index is located at the North Carolina State Archives, and a microfilm copy of part of the index is available at the Family History Library. | ||
<br>'''[http://www.nclandgrants.com NC Land Grant Images and Data]''' is a free site which contains all the land grant data from MARS in an easy to search format. Grants recorded in Land Patent Books Volumes 1-30 are directly linked to an image of the page where the grant was recorded, in most cases with | <br>'''[http://www.nclandgrants.com NC Land Grant Images and Data]''' is a free site which contains all the land grant data from MARS in an easy to search format. Grants recorded in Land Patent Books Volumes 1-30 are directly linked to an image of the page where the grant was recorded, in most cases with complete metes and bounds. For Mecklenburg County, grants are directly linked to images of original warrants, surveys, receipts, and other documents.<br> | ||
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[http://www.genealogyinc.com/northcarolina/nc-land-records/ "North Carolina Land Records"] at My North Carolina Genealogy.com, accessed 11/18/2010. | [http://www.genealogyinc.com/northcarolina/nc-land-records/ "North Carolina Land Records"] at My North Carolina Genealogy.com, accessed 11/18/2010. | ||
[http://www.nclandgrants.com NC Land Grant Images and Data] | [http://www.nclandgrants.com NC Land Grant Images and Data] is a free site containing searchable data for over 216,000 land grants issued by the state of North Carolina from 1663 to 1960, including around 12,000 grants issued for what is now Tennessee. Over 36,000 grants are linked directly to an image of the page in the corresponding Land Patent Book where the land description was recorded. For Mecklenburg County, grants are linked to over 28,000 high quality images of original warrants, surveys and other related documents. | ||
'''Wiki articles descirbing online collectiona are found at:''' | '''Wiki articles descirbing online collectiona are found at:''' | ||