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=== Online Resources === | === Online Resources === | ||
*[http:// | *'''1785-1898''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2179 U.S., Indexed Early Land Ownership and Township Plats, 1785-1898] at Ancestry ($) | ||
*'''1820-1908''' {{RecordSearch|2074276|U.S., Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Images only | *'''1820-1908''' {{RecordSearch|2074276|U.S., Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Images only | ||
*'''1850-1954''' {{RecordSearch|1762885|Washington, County Land Records, 1850-1954}} at FamilySearch - [[Washington, County Land Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Images. Also at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60225 Ancestry], ($), images. | |||
*'''1850-1954''' {{RecordSearch|1762885|Washington, County Land Records, 1850-1954}} at FamilySearch - [[Washington, County Land Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Images. Also at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60225 Ancestry | *'''1851-1903''' [https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections/TitleInfo/1996 Washington Territory Donation Land Claim Patents, 1851-1903] at Washington State Archives - index and images | ||
*[ | *'''1852-1855''' [https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections/TitleInfo/493 Washington Territory Donation Land Claims, 1852-1855] at Washington State Archives - index and images | ||
*[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx Bureau of Land Management Land Patents], index | |||
=== History of Washington Land === | === History of Washington Land === | ||
Washington is a public land state. The area that now comprises the state was part of the public domain and was administered by the federal government through local land offices under the direction of the General Land Office (GLO), later known as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) [https://www.blm.gov/oregon-washington]. The first land office in Washington was established at Olympia in 1855. | Washington is a public land state. The area that now comprises the state was part of the public domain and was administered by the federal government through local land offices under the direction of the General Land Office (GLO), later known as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) [https://www.blm.gov/oregon-washington]. The first land office in Washington was established at Olympia in 1855. | ||
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