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 === Federal and State Records  ===
-Unclaimed land became the public domain. Portions were surveyed and sold by the federal government through land offices. The first general land offices were established in Los Angeles and Benicia in 1853. Some land office records are at the [http://www.archives.gov/pacific/ National Archives—Pacific Region (San Bruno)] and the [http://www.archives.gov/pacific/laguna/ National Archives—Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel).]
+Unclaimed land became the public domain. Portions were surveyed and sold by the federal government through land offices. The first general land offices were established in Los Angeles and Benicia in 1853. Some land office records are at the [http://www.archives.gov/pacific/ National Archives—Pacific Region (San Bruno)] and the [http://www.archives.gov/pacific/riverside/ National Archives—Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel).]
 The Bureau of Land Management and General Land Office (BLM-GLO) has an on line [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch Land Patent Search] which is an index to millions of ancestors in federal land patents from 1788 to the 1960s at the National Archives. Start with this index to get the information needed to obtain the applications for land patents which may be a rich source of genealogical information about a family.