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Both federal and state officials kept records regarding land transfers from government to private ownership, and personal information in the federal records may not be identical to information in the state records. | Both federal and state officials kept records regarding land transfers from government to private ownership, and personal information in the federal records may not be identical to information in the state records. | ||
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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}} | ||
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'''Case Files''' | '''Case Files''' | ||
The Case file is the accumulation of paperwork gathered from the Federal land transactions where the land is transferred from the U.S. Government to private ownership. These files are kept at the National Archives. Some of these files may contain valuable family information such as prove of citizenship, former residences, birthplaces and more. While not all files have pertinent informaiton for the researcher, they are often worth ordering. For further information regarding case files and how to order them, you may wish to read the article [[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)#Locating_the_Land_and_it.27s_Associated_Records|''"Locating the Land and it's Associated Records"''at]] the United States Land and Property wiki page. | The Case file is the accumulation of paperwork gathered from the Federal land transactions where the land is transferred from the U.S. Government to private ownership. These files are kept at the National Archives. Some of these files may contain valuable family information such as prove of citizenship, former residences, birthplaces and more. While not all files have pertinent informaiton for the researcher, they are often worth ordering. For further information regarding case files and how to order them, you may wish to read the article [[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)#Locating_the_Land_and_it.27s_Associated_Records|''"Locating the Land and it's Associated Records"''at]] the United States Land and Property wiki page. | ||
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