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*United States. Bureau of Land Management. ''Tract Books.'' Washington, D.C.: Records Improvement, Bureau of Land Management, 1957. On 1,265 FS Library films beginning with {{FSC|607931|item|disp=FS Library film 145278}}. | *United States. Bureau of Land Management. ''Tract Books.'' Washington, D.C.: Records Improvement, Bureau of Land Management, 1957. On 1,265 FS Library films beginning with {{FSC|607931|item|disp=FS Library film 145278}}. | ||
*Microfilm copies of township plats are available at the | *Microfilm copies of township plats are available at the FamilySearch Library for some of the counties. Plat books for counties in Michigan are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Catalog under: | ||
:MICHIGAN [COUNTY] - Maps (or Land and Property) | :MICHIGAN [COUNTY] - Maps (or Land and Property) | ||
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=== Individual Land Transfers - County Records === | === Individual Land Transfers - County Records === | ||
After land was transferred to private ownership, all subsequent transactions, including deeds and mortgages, were recorded by the register of deeds and are generally kept at the county courthouse. These records usually date back to the time of the county's organization and frequently have grantor (seller) and grantee (buyer) indexes. The | After land was transferred to private ownership, all subsequent transactions, including deeds and mortgages, were recorded by the register of deeds and are generally kept at the county courthouse. These records usually date back to the time of the county's organization and frequently have grantor (seller) and grantee (buyer) indexes. The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of warranty deeds and some mortgage records for over 50 counties, dating from county creation to about 1900. For example, from Wayne County, Michigan, the library has 220 microfilms of deeds and indexes for 1700 to 1918. Land records for Michigan are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | ||
MICHIGAN, [COUNTY] – LAND AND PROPERTY | MICHIGAN, [COUNTY] – LAND AND PROPERTY | ||
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