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==Public Domain Land== | ==Public Domain Land== | ||
'''Patents--'''The patent records are located at the [http://www.blm.gov/es/st/en.html Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States Office]. The Bureau of Land Management has an [ | '''Patents--'''The patent records are located at the [http://www.blm.gov/es/st/en.html Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States Office]. The Bureau of Land Management has an [https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx online index to land patents] in Arkansas which may provide a digital image of the original patent. | ||
'''Land-entry Case Files--'''The land-entry case files and applications of those who settled in Arkansas after the Homestead Act of 1862 are in the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]. All of the above files are arranged according to legal descriptions of the land. | '''Land-entry Case Files--'''The land-entry case files and applications of those who settled in Arkansas after the Homestead Act of 1862 are in the [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]. All of the above files are arranged according to legal descriptions of the land. | ||
'''Land Tract Books--'''The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has the land tract books and original survey plats on microfilm. The Bureau of Land Management has digital images of the [ | '''Land Tract Books--'''The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has the land tract books and original survey plats on microfilm. The Bureau of Land Management has digital images of the [https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspxsearch/default.aspx?searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=1 original survey plats]. The original survey creates land boundaries and marks them for the first time. | ||
Subsequent transfers of land between private owners were recorded by the clerk of the circuit or county court. Some counties have two courthouses where the documents could have been filed. The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of most of the county deeds and indexes. | Subsequent transfers of land between private owners were recorded by the clerk of the circuit or county court. Some counties have two courthouses where the documents could have been filed. The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of most of the county deeds and indexes. | ||
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