Land Records--United States
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HOME ON THE RANGE – LAND RECORDS
This class focuses on United States Records
Skills learned can be used for other countries in the world
Land Records are used for many reasons to help us in our research.
Land records are almost always government records
Learning about Land Records - Webinars
Where are the Records?
Land Records are a very interesting method of discovering our ancestors. As always, the best place to look is where your record is. Determine your ancestor’s locale then research where the land records would be for that location.
This class focuses on United States Records
Skills learned can be used for other countries in the world
Land Records are used for many reasons to help us in our research.
- They are generally easy to discover and use
- They give us a photo in time of our ancestors
- They pinpoint a location where our ancestors were
- They usually have other information attached to the files
- The records can be older and more informative than Censuses
Land records are almost always government records
- Military Bounty Land Warrants
- Land Grants and Land Patents
- Private Land Claims
- Mining Claims
- Property Deeds
- Probate and Estate Records
- Tax Records
- Plat Maps
Learning about Land Records - Webinars
- https://www.ancestry.com/academy/courses/location-research
- https://sites.lib.byu.edu/familyhistory/classes-and-webinars/online-webinars/webinar-recording-index/
- https://glorecords.blm.gov/reference/ (Best information)
- https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Main_Page
- https://wiki.rootsweb.com/wiki/index.php?search=land+records&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go (Ancestry.com Wiki)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_patent (Starting Point)
Where are the Records?
- glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx
- https://search.ancestry.com/search/cardcatalog.aspx#ccat=hc=25&dbSort=1&sbo=1&filter=0*36%7C0*144%7C1*2&
- https://glorecords.blm.gov/reference/default.aspx#id=05_Additional_Resources|01_Related_Websites (Related websites General and State Specific)
Land Records are a very interesting method of discovering our ancestors. As always, the best place to look is where your record is. Determine your ancestor’s locale then research where the land records would be for that location.