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== '''County records''' == | == '''County records''' == | ||
After land was transferred from the government to private owners, it could be sold again, inherited, lost by foreclosure of a mortgage, or redistributed through a divorce. These transactions have been recorded by the registrar of deeds in each county. The [ | After land was transferred from the government to private owners, it could be sold again, inherited, lost by foreclosure of a mortgage, or redistributed through a divorce. These transactions have been recorded by the registrar of deeds in each county. The [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library Family History Library] does not have copies of the land records at the county courthouses in South Dakota. | ||
== '''Individual Land Transfers''' == | == '''Individual Land Transfers''' == | ||
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=== '''South Dakota''' === | === '''South Dakota''' === | ||
The [ | The [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library Family History Library] has microfilm copies of most of the county records and is continuing to microfilm deeds of other counties up to about 1900. Contact the county clerk or recorder for records that have not been microfilmed. | ||
Land records can be found in the FamilySearch Catalog by using a Place Search at [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch.org]'''under: (*Most of the sources found under the state search for land and property are Bureau of Indian Affairs records.) ''' | Land records can be found in the FamilySearch Catalog by using a Place Search at [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch.org]'''under: (*Most of the sources found under the state search for land and property are Bureau of Indian Affairs records.) ''' | ||
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