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[[Image:Land Patent Flavius Dilts1.png|thumb|United States homestead land patent]] [[Portal:United States Land and Property|Portal:United States Land and Property]] | |||
[[Image:Land Patent Flavius Dilts1.png|thumb|United States homestead land patent]] | |||
Land patents from 1788 to the 1960s show information about people who obtained the title to their land directly from the government (rather than from another individual). This includes land obtained through military bounty land warrants, land grants, cash entry sales, credit entries, homesteads, mineral or mining, and timberland claims. | Land patents from 1788 to the 1960s show information about people who obtained the title to their land directly from the government (rather than from another individual). This includes land obtained through military bounty land warrants, land grants, cash entry sales, credit entries, homesteads, mineral or mining, and timberland claims. | ||
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'''If an ancestor is on the results list''' click the ancestor’s name, click the '''Printer Friendly''' icon, and click the '''Print''' icon. In many cases you can also view an image of the patent. | '''If an ancestor is on the results list''' click the ancestor’s name, click the '''Printer Friendly''' icon, and click the '''Print''' icon. In many cases you can also view an image of the patent. | ||
'''To obtain the patent application papers''' (case files) follow the instructions called “[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/Requests.asp#nara National Archives and Records Administration Land Entry Case Files]” on the Internet at http//:[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/Requests.asp#nara www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/Requests.asp#nara] | '''To obtain the patent application papers''' (case files) follow the instructions called “[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/Requests.asp#nara National Archives and Records Administration Land Entry Case Files]” on the Internet at http//:[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/Requests.asp#nara www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/Requests.asp#nara] | ||
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