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After a settler completed the requirements for homesteading or purchasing land, the local land office sent his case file to the General Land Office in Washington, DC, where a patent or first title deed was issued, transferring the land to private ownership. | After a settler completed the requirements for homesteading or purchasing land, the local land office sent his case file to the General Land Office in Washington, DC, where a patent or first title deed was issued, transferring the land to private ownership. | ||
The Bureau of Land Management has an online | The Bureau of Land Management has an online [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Logon/Logon_Form.asp index to land patents] in Idaho ((most are after 1908). The patent search may also provide a digital image of the original patent. | ||
To locate the land entry or homestead case file for your ancestor, you will need to know either the patent number or the legal description (range, township, section of the land). The county recorder of deeds may be able to provide the legal description from county land records, or you may be able to pinpoint the exact location of the tract by searching the entries in the tract book covering the approximate area. | To locate the land entry or homestead case file for your ancestor, you will need to know either the patent number or the legal description (range, township, section of the land). The county recorder of deeds may be able to provide the legal description from county land records, or you may be able to pinpoint the exact location of the tract by searching the entries in the tract book covering the approximate area. | ||
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=== County Land Records === | === County Land Records === | ||
After land was transferred from the government by sale or grant to private ownership, it could be sold again, inherited, lost by foreclosure of a mortgage, or distributed through a divorce. Deeds, mortgages, and other transactions are recorded in each county by the clerk of the district court. The Family History Library does not have copies of these records, but you can obtain copies by contacting the district court clerk's office in each county. | After land was transferred from the government by sale or grant to private ownership, it could be sold again, inherited, lost by foreclosure of a mortgage, or distributed through a divorce. Deeds, mortgages, and other transactions are recorded in each county by the clerk of the district court. The Family History Library does not have copies of these records, but you can obtain copies by contacting the district court clerk's office in each county. <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> <!-- Tidy found serious XHTML errors --> | ||
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[[Category:Idaho]] | [[Category:Idaho]] | ||