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==Land and Property Records by Country== | ==Land and Property Records by Country== | ||
*[[:Category:Land and Property]] | *[[:Category:Land and Property]] | ||
==Tips for Using Land and Property Records== | |||
*Recognize that it may take time to navigate and locate them. | |||
*Land records exist in cases in which other record types didn’t. This is because the line of ownership has to be proven. | |||
*Names of neighboring property owners and witnesses might provide clues to other relatives. | |||
*The transaction might have been recorded at a much later date. This is especially true if the land remained in the family. Selling to a non-family member may have prompted the recording of the title decades after the initial owner died. | |||
*Remember that land may be in a different jurisdictions (aka counties) in different years as county boundaries changed and new counties were formed. | |||
*Notice if there is a record of the person selling land but no record of the purchase. This can be a clue that 1) the land was acquired by inheritance, or 2) the land was acquired from the state or federal government (which means that a higher jurisdiction needs to be considered.) | |||
*Plat each transaction. This may reveal additional acquisitions or divisions between transactions and identify mixed jurisdictions. It may also allow you to analyze what is happening to neighboring properties. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Land and Property]] | [[Category:Land and Property]] | ||
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