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The Bureau of Land Management has an [http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/glo/Index.htm index] and digital images of the original survey maps for Minnesota. The original survey creates land boundaries and marks them for the first time. | The Bureau of Land Management has an [http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/glo/Index.htm index] and digital images of the original survey maps for Minnesota. The original survey creates land boundaries and marks them for the first time. | ||
:*Maps showing these surveys are included in:<br>Andriot, Jay. Township Atlas of the United States. McLean, Virginia: Documents Index, 1991. | :*Maps showing these surveys are included in:<br>Andriot, Jay. Township Atlas of the United States. McLean, Virginia: Documents Index, 1991. FS Library book {{FSC|456649|item}}, book 973 E7an 1991. This book is arranged alphabetically by state. Pages 297–320 contain township maps of Minnesota | ||
:*Photocopies from the original Land Survey Field Notes are available through the [http://shop.mnhs.org/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=2170&category=134&CFID=21306210&CFTOKEN=62111521 Minnesota State Historical Society.] The years available are 1848-1907. | :*Photocopies from the original Land Survey Field Notes are available through the [http://shop.mnhs.org/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=2170&category=134&CFID=21306210&CFTOKEN=62111521 Minnesota State Historical Society.] The years available are 1848-1907. | ||
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A State Land Office was established in 1862. It administered and sold trust fund lands that had been set aside to support public schools and the state university. It also received land grants from the federal government to transmit to the railroads. Records from the State Land Office are at the Minnesota Historical Society. They are described in the following guide: | A State Land Office was established in 1862. It administered and sold trust fund lands that had been set aside to support public schools and the state university. It also received land grants from the federal government to transmit to the railroads. Records from the State Land Office are at the Minnesota Historical Society. They are described in the following guide: | ||
*Kinney, Gregory, and Lydia Lucas. ''A Guide to the Records of Minnesota’s Public Land''. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts, 1985. | *Kinney, Gregory, and Lydia Lucas. ''A Guide to the Records of Minnesota’s Public Land''. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts, 1985. FS Library book {{FSC|642625|item}}, book 977.6 R2k, microfilm 1698227 item 11. In addition to describing land records, this guide contains brief histories of the state and federal agencies that created the records. | ||
Additional indexes, printed sources, and records of original transfers of land from federal and state governments are found in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | Additional indexes, printed sources, and records of original transfers of land from federal and state governments are found in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | ||
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