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An index to over 550,000 names of original land owners from sales records of the U.S. General Land Office, the Illinois Central Railroad, and Illinois officials was created in 1984. Originally called the Public Domain Computer Conversion Project, it indexes the documents classified as "Record Groups 491 and 952" in the Descriptive Inventory of the Archives of the State of Illinois. This index provides the name of the purchaser and record identification number; sale type (federal, military, Illinois Central RR, canal lands, or school lands); description of land by section, township, range, meridian and county; number of acres; and date of purchase. All volumes are available at the Illinois State Archives and accessible by name of purchaser or legal description through their website entitled [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/data_lan.html ''Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sale Database'']. Volumes 661-716 are available at the Family History Library at {{FHL|899766-782|Film}} with the land tract record index at {{FHL|6016848|Fiche}} | An index to over 550,000 names of original land owners from sales records of the U.S. General Land Office, the Illinois Central Railroad, and Illinois officials was created in 1984. Originally called the Public Domain Computer Conversion Project, it indexes the documents classified as "Record Groups 491 and 952" in the Descriptive Inventory of the Archives of the State of Illinois. This index provides the name of the purchaser and record identification number; sale type (federal, military, Illinois Central RR, canal lands, or school lands); description of land by section, township, range, meridian and county; number of acres; and date of purchase. All volumes are available at the Illinois State Archives and accessible by name of purchaser or legal description through their website entitled [http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/data_lan.html ''Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sale Database'']. Volumes 661-716 are available at the Family History Library at {{FHL|899766-782|Film}} with the land tract record index at {{FHL|6016848|Fiche}} | ||
The Bureau of Land Management and General Land Office (BLM-GLO) has an on line [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch Land Patent Search] which is an index to millions of ancestors in federal land patents from 1788 to the 1960s at the National Archives. Start with this index to get the information needed to obtain the applications for land patents which may be a rich source of genealogical information about a family. The same Internet site also provides access to images of patents for the eastern federal land states. | '''Federal Records''' | ||
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The Bureau of Land Management and General Land Office (BLM-GLO) has an on line [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch Land Patent Search] which is an index to millions of ancestors in federal land patents from 1788 to the 1960s at the National Archives. Start with this index to get the information needed to obtain the applications for land patents which may be a rich source of genealogical information about a family. The same Internet site also provides access to images of patents for the eastern federal land states. | |||
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