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| width="31%" bgcolor="#B2B2FF" colspan="3" |<center>'''Land Records''' reveal</center> | |||
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| width="31%" colspan="3" | '''U'''sually or '''P'''ossibly '''U''' '''P''' | |||
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| width="25%" bgcolor="#CCFFFF" | Name of Seller (Grantor) | |||
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| width="25%" bgcolor="#CCFFFF" | Seller's Wife | |||
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| width="25%" bgcolor="#CCFFFF" | Name of Buyer (Grantee) | |||
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| width="25%" bgcolor="#CCFFFF" | Land description | |||
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| width="25%" bgcolor="#CCFFFF" | Witnesses | |||
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| width="25%" bgcolor="#CCFFFF" | "F.A.N. Club<ref>"F.A.N. Club" stands for '''F'''amily, '''A'''ssociates, and '''N'''eighbors. Anyone associated with your ancestor could be a relative, and THEIR records may provide YOUR answers. The term was first coined by Elizabeth Shown Mills in 2002.</ref> | |||
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| width="31%" colspan="3" | Don't miss the CLUES! | |||
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Land records (especially deeds) often give the name of a spouse, heir, other relatives, or other clues to help research. They often have other clues for further research, such as witnesses or the other parties who may be relatives or in-laws. | Land records (especially deeds) often give the name of a spouse, heir, other relatives, or other clues to help research. They often have other clues for further research, such as witnesses or the other parties who may be relatives or in-laws. | ||
Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. After land was transferred to private ownership, deeds were usually recorded at the county courthouse. See [[Washington Land and Property|Washington Land and Property]] for additional information.<noinclude>[[Category:Templates_for_WA_pages]]</noinclude> | Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. After land was transferred to private ownership, deeds were usually recorded at the county courthouse. See [[Washington Land and Property|Washington Land and Property]] for additional information.<noinclude>[[Category:Templates_for_WA_pages]]</noinclude> | ||