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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee|Tennessee ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee Land and Property|Land and Property]] | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee|Tennessee ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee Land and Property|Land and Property]]'' | ||
The availability of land attracted many immigrants to America and encouraged westward expansion. Land ownership was generally recorded in an area as soon as settlers began to arrive. You can locate ancestral deeds using the [http://www.assessment.state.tn.us/ Tennessee Property Records Online.] An online index is also available for ancestral and modern [http://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php deeds specific to Shelby County]. You can use land records primarily to learn where an individual lived and when. They often reveal family information, such as the name of a spouse, heir, other relatives, or neighbors. You may learn where a person lived previously, his occupation, if he had served in the military, if he was a naturalized citizen, and other clues. Sale of the land may show when he left, and may mention where he was moving. | The availability of land attracted many immigrants to America and encouraged westward expansion. Land ownership was generally recorded in an area as soon as settlers began to arrive. You can locate ancestral deeds using the [http://www.assessment.state.tn.us/ Tennessee Property Records Online.] An online index is also available for ancestral and modern [http://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php deeds specific to Shelby County]. You can use land records primarily to learn where an individual lived and when. They often reveal family information, such as the name of a spouse, heir, other relatives, or neighbors. You may learn where a person lived previously, his occupation, if he had served in the military, if he was a naturalized citizen, and other clues. Sale of the land may show when he left, and may mention where he was moving. | ||
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The original records are filed in the county clerks’ or recorders’ offices. As new counties were formed and boundaries changed, transactions were then recorded in the new county, while the parent county retained the records previously created. Most of the county deeds, town lot certificates, and other important land records from many counties are on microfilm at the Family History Library. | The original records are filed in the county clerks’ or recorders’ offices. As new counties were formed and boundaries changed, transactions were then recorded in the new county, while the parent county retained the records previously created. Most of the county deeds, town lot certificates, and other important land records from many counties are on microfilm at the Family History Library. | ||
=== Research Guides === | |||
The following research guide, prepared by a Certified Genealogist, includes a useful guide for Tennessee land and property records: | |||
*<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1278698261680_488">Bamman, Gale Williams. "Research in Tennessee," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly'', Vol. 81, No. 2 (Jun. 1993): 113-115. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=39597 FHL US/CAN Book 973 B2ng v. 81 (1993)].</span> | |||
A resource for understanding the land and property records in Tennessee is: | A resource for understanding the land and property records in Tennessee is: | ||
Whitney, Henry D. ''The Land Laws of Tennessee''<nowiki>:</nowiki>''Being a Compilation of the Various Statutes of North Carolina, the United States, and Tennessee, Relative to Titles to Lands Within the State of Tennessee from the Second Royal Charter to the Present Time; the Constitutional and Statutory Provisions Concerning the Establishment and Change of the Boundary of the State, and of Each County; Tables Showing the Date of Each Hiatus, Editorial Notes, etc., to Which is Added a Digest of the Leading Decisions on the Land Laws''. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1990. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=484033&disp=The+land+laws+of+Tennessee++ 1728776].) | *Whitney, Henry D. ''The Land Laws of Tennessee''<nowiki>:</nowiki>''Being a Compilation of the Various Statutes of North Carolina, the United States, and Tennessee, Relative to Titles to Lands Within the State of Tennessee from the Second Royal Charter to the Present Time; the Constitutional and Statutory Provisions Concerning the Establishment and Change of the Boundary of the State, and of Each County; Tables Showing the Date of Each Hiatus, Editorial Notes, etc., to Which is Added a Digest of the Leading Decisions on the Land Laws''. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1990. (Family History Library film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=484033&disp=The+land+laws+of+Tennessee++ 1728776].) | ||
[[Portal: | [[Portal:United States Land and Property|United States Land and Property]] describes government land grants, grants from states, and major resources, many of which include Tennessee. | ||
Other land and property resources can be located in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | Other land and property resources can be located in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | ||
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TENNESSEE, [COUNTY] - LAND AND PROPERTY | TENNESSEE, [COUNTY] - LAND AND PROPERTY | ||
Reels of microfilm can be borrowed on interlibrary loan from the [http://state.tn.us/tsla/history/county/ill-list.htm Tennessee State Library and Archives]. The records include early county Land and Property.<br> | Reels of microfilm can be borrowed on interlibrary loan from the [http://state.tn.us/tsla/history/county/ill-list.htm Tennessee State Library and Archives]. The records include early county Land and Property.<br> {{Tennessee|Tennessee}} | ||
[[Category:Tennessee|Land]] | [[Category:Tennessee|Land]] | ||