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Pre-1908 General Land Office records have been indexed: | Pre-1908 General Land Office records have been indexed: | ||
*United States. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Land Management. ''Alabama Pre-1908 Patents: Homesteads, Cash Entry, Creek Indian Treaty and Choctaw Indian Scrip.'' Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management Eastern States, 1996. ( | *United States. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Land Management. ''Alabama Pre-1908 Patents: Homesteads, Cash Entry, Creek Indian Treaty and Choctaw Indian Scrip.'' Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management Eastern States, 1996. (FamilySearch Library compact disc number 46.) | ||
*''Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI''. Novato, California: Brøderbund Software, 1996. ( | *''Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI''. Novato, California: Brøderbund Software, 1996. (FamilySearch Library compact disc number 9 pt. 255.) This index lists the name of the patentee, document and accession number, acreage, land office, and the location of the land. | ||
== Patents, Tract Books, and Land Entry Case Files == | == Patents, Tract Books, and Land Entry Case Files == | ||
The Bureau of Land Management has original patents, tract books, and township plats. Copies of some of these tract books and early records are at the [https://www.archives.alabama.gov/ Alabama Department of Archives and History]. The tract books for 1785 to about 1935 are on microfilm at the | The Bureau of Land Management has original patents, tract books, and township plats. Copies of some of these tract books and early records are at the [https://www.archives.alabama.gov/ Alabama Department of Archives and History]. The tract books for 1785 to about 1935 are on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library: | ||
*United States. Bureau of Land Management. ''Tract Books.'' Washington, D.C.: Records Improvement, Bureau of Land Management, 1957. {{FSC|607931|item|disp=FS Library film 1445277, first of 1265 films}} The records for Alabama are on {{FSC|607931|item|disp=FS Library film 1445277, first of 84 films}} The Land Records compact disc above or the web site can help you learn information you need, such as the land office and the range and township to use these records. The records list the buyer’s name, the amount of property, price of the property, date of purchase, and certificate number. | *United States. Bureau of Land Management. ''Tract Books.'' Washington, D.C.: Records Improvement, Bureau of Land Management, 1957. {{FSC|607931|item|disp=FS Library film 1445277, first of 1265 films}} The records for Alabama are on {{FSC|607931|item|disp=FS Library film 1445277, first of 84 films}} The Land Records compact disc above or the web site can help you learn information you need, such as the land office and the range and township to use these records. The records list the buyer’s name, the amount of property, price of the property, date of purchase, and certificate number. | ||
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The original records are filed in the Judge of Probate’s office. As new counties were formed and boundaries changed, transactions were recorded in the new county, but the parent county retained the records previously created. | The original records are filed in the Judge of Probate’s office. As new counties were formed and boundaries changed, transactions were recorded in the new county, but the parent county retained the records previously created. | ||
The | The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of county land records for all except Morgan County, dating from when the county was established until about the 1900s to the 1920s. | ||
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