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(:*'''Use search engines like''' '''''Google ''''' to identify state land record indexes that could reveal land descriptions. Selected states may have indexed their own land records. ''For example'', see the [http://www.nebraskahistory.org/databa) |
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:*'''Earlier or later time periods.''' Search the land records for years before and after an ancestor's land transaction. Families are sometimes part of a chain migration. In such cases one family moves into an area and some years later their old neighbors or relatives join them, or leave for another new home. Studying older and newer land records may help show this. | :*'''Earlier or later time periods.''' Search the land records for years before and after an ancestor's land transaction. Families are sometimes part of a chain migration. In such cases one family moves into an area and some years later their old neighbors or relatives join them, or leave for another new home. Studying older and newer land records may help show this. | ||
=== Can't | === Can't find your ancestor? === | ||
*Re-try the ''[[Land Patent Search|BLM Land Patent Search]] '' using [[Guessing a Name Variation|variant spellings]] of the ancestor's name. | *Re-try the ''[[Land Patent Search|BLM Land Patent Search]] '' using [[Guessing a Name Variation|variant spellings]] of the ancestor's name. | ||