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== '''County records''' == | == '''County records''' == | ||
After land was transferred from the government to private owners, it could be sold again, inherited, lost by foreclosure of a mortgage, or redistributed through a divorce. These transactions have been recorded by the registrar of deeds in each county. The [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library | After land was transferred from the government to private owners, it could be sold again, inherited, lost by foreclosure of a mortgage, or redistributed through a divorce. These transactions have been recorded by the registrar of deeds in each county. The [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library FamilySearch Library] does not have copies of the land records at the county courthouses in South Dakota. | ||
== '''Individual Land Transfers''' == | == '''Individual Land Transfers''' == | ||
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The original records are filed in the county clerks’ or recorders’ offices or in IRAD depositories. Be aware that, 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. | The original records are filed in the county clerks’ or recorders’ offices or in IRAD depositories. Be aware that, 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. | ||
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*United States. Congress. ''American State Papers, Class 8: Public Lands; Class 9: Claims: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States''. Nine Volumes. 1832–1861. Reprint, Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1994. (FS Library book {{FSC|421351|title-id|disp=973 R2ag}} 1994.) A comprehensive index to Classes 8 and 9 of both of the above records is: | *United States. Congress. ''American State Papers, Class 8: Public Lands; Class 9: Claims: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States''. Nine Volumes. 1832–1861. Reprint, Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1994. (FS Library book {{FSC|421351|title-id|disp=973 R2ag}} 1994.) A comprehensive index to Classes 8 and 9 of both of the above records is: | ||
*McMullin, Phillip W., ed. ''Grassroots of America: A Computerized Index to the American State Papers: Land Grants and Claims 1789–1837 with Other Aids to Research'' (Government Document Serial Set Numbers 28 through 36.) Salt Lake City, Utah: Gendex Corp, 1972. ( | *McMullin, Phillip W., ed. ''Grassroots of America: A Computerized Index to the American State Papers: Land Grants and Claims 1789–1837 with Other Aids to Research'' (Government Document Serial Set Numbers 28 through 36.) Salt Lake City, Utah: Gendex Corp, 1972. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|286182|title-id|disp=book 973 R2ag index; fiche 6051323}} [set of 6]). | ||
=== '''South Dakota''' === | === '''South Dakota''' === | ||
The [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library | The [https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library FamilySearch Library] has microfilm copies of most of the county records and is continuing to microfilm deeds of other counties up to about 1900. Contact the county clerk or recorder for records that have not been microfilmed. | ||
Land records can be found in the FamilySearch Catalog by using a Place Search at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch.org]'''under: (*Most of the sources found under the state search for land and property are Bureau of Indian Affairs records.) ''' | Land records can be found in the FamilySearch Catalog by using a Place Search at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog FamilySearch.org]'''under: (*Most of the sources found under the state search for land and property are Bureau of Indian Affairs records.) ''' | ||
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