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For original patents and copies of tract books and township plats, contact the Bureau of Land Management, 5001 Southgate Drive, Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59101, Telephone: 406-896-5000. Fax: 406-896-5298. Internet: http://www.land-records.com/land-records/north-dakota-land-records.htm#blm | For original patents and copies of tract books and township plats, contact the Bureau of Land Management, 5001 Southgate Drive, Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59101, Telephone: 406-896-5000. Fax: 406-896-5298. Internet: http://www.land-records.com/land-records/north-dakota-land-records.htm#blm | ||
The National Archives has the original homestead entry files, cash entry files, tract books, and township plats. See | The National Archives has the original homestead entry files, cash entry files, tract books, and township plats. See [[United States Land and Property|United States Land and Property]] for address and telephone. Records of the local land offices are also at the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Township plats are also at the North Dakota Water Commission, 900 East Boulevard, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0850, Telephone: 701-328-2750, Fax: 701-328-3696.<br>Email:[http://www.swc.state.nd.us/4dlink9/4dcgi/GetCategoryRecord/Contact Us swc@nd.gov<br>http://www.swc.state.nd.us/4dlink9/4dcgi/GetCategoryRecord/Contact%20Us]<br> | ||
After land was transferred from the government by sale or grant to private owners, it could be sold again, inherited, lost by foreclosure of a mortgage, or redistributed through a divorce. These transactions are recorded by the registrar of deeds in each county in the form of deeds and mortgages. The Family History Library has not acquired copies of the land records from the county courthouses in North Dakota but does have land plat maps or atlases for some counties. | After land was transferred from the government by sale or grant to private owners, it could be sold again, inherited, lost by foreclosure of a mortgage, or redistributed through a divorce. These transactions are recorded by the registrar of deeds in each county in the form of deeds and mortgages. The Family History Library has not acquired copies of the land records from the county courthouses in North Dakota but does have land plat maps or atlases for some counties. | ||