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Moved content of News & Topics from the Portal:United States Land and Property page to the Un-portal page. Added Category.
(Moved the Land Acquisition Process back into the Un-Portal United States Land and Property page. Made changes to Introduction, Research Tools & Online Sources.) |
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*The person who obtains title to land from the government receives a land grant. Subsequent exchanges of land are person-to-person exchanges involving deeds. | *The person who obtains title to land from the government receives a land grant. Subsequent exchanges of land are person-to-person exchanges involving deeds. | ||
== The Land Acquisition Process == | == The Land Acquisition Process and Types of Land == | ||
In the United States, land is acquired in basically one of two ways; from the government or from an individual. The first sale of land from the government to a person is called a grant. Thereafter, the sale of that land from a person is called a deed. | In the United States, land is acquired in basically one of two ways; from the government or from an individual. The first sale of land from the government to a person is called a grant. Thereafter, the sale of that land from a person is called a deed. | ||
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*[[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)|Federal Land]] | *[[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)|Federal Land]] | ||
*[[State Land|State Land]]<br> | *[[State Land|State Land]]<br> | ||
*[[Homestead Records|Homestead]] | |||
*[[Georgia Land and Property#Land_Lottery_Records|Lottery Land]] | |||
*[[Bounty Land Warrants|Military Bounty Land]] | |||
*Mining Claims | |||
*[[United States. United-States - Land and Property- Private land claims|Private Land Claims]] | |||
*Timberland | |||
| valign="top" align="left" | '''Person to Person''' | | valign="top" align="left" | '''Person to Person''' | ||
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www.footnote.com Footnote.com] ($) now has images of entry case files from Nebraska's Broken Bow land office, 1890-1908 (NARA M1915). | |||
more... | more... | ||
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*( | *[[United States Index Systems|Indexing Systems]] | ||
*[[United States Land and Property Inheriting Land|Inheriting Land]] | |||
*[[Government Land Grants|Land Grant Process]] | |||
*[[United States. United-States - Land and Property- Land Measurements|Land Measurements]] | |||
*[[Land Patent Search|Land Patent Search]] | |||
*[[United States. United-States - Land and Property- Land Terms & Definitions|Land Terms & Definitions]] | |||
*[[Maps|Maps]] | |||
*[[Platting Land|Platting Land]] | |||
*[[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)|Public Domain States]] | |||
*[[State Land|State Land States]] | |||
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[[Category:United_States_Land_and_Property]] | |||