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*United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management ''Tract books (Missouri), Fayette.'' Washington, District of Columbia : Bureau of Land Management, 1956. {{FHL|1654586|item}}, films 2442620-632 | *United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management ''Tract books (Missouri), Fayette.'' Washington, District of Columbia : Bureau of Land Management, 1956. {{FHL|1654586|item}}, films 2442620-632 | ||
*Microfilm copies of the tract books and township plats from the Missouri land offices are available at the Family History Library. Plat books for counties in Missouri are listed in the | *Microfilm copies of the tract books and township plats from the Missouri land offices are available at the Family History Library. Plat books for counties in Missouri are listed in the http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 Place Search | ||
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:[name of county], Missouri – Land and Property | :[name of county], Missouri – 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 Family History Library has copies of most pre-1900 deeds from each county courthouse. From St. Louis County, Missouri, for example, the library has over 900 microfilms of deeds and indexes for 1804 to 1901. Additional land records may be obtained from the Missouri State Archives and the various county courthouses. Land records for Missouri located in the Family History Library are listed in 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 Family History Library has copies of most pre-1900 deeds from each county courthouse. From St. Louis County, Missouri, for example, the library has over 900 microfilms of deeds and indexes for 1804 to 1901. Additional land records may be obtained from the Missouri State Archives and the various county courthouses. Land records for Missouri located in the Family History Library are listed in the http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 Place Search | ||
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Missouri, [COUNTY] – LAND AND PROPERTY | Missouri, [COUNTY] – LAND AND PROPERTY | ||