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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.
  • 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/
Learning about Land Records – Documents
  • 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.
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  • Home
  • Handouts
    • Archiving and Preservation >
      • Preserving Family Treasures
      • SAVE THE BOX
      • What do I DO with the STUFF?
      • Personal History Debate/ Laying Out Page
      • Avoiding Digital Disasters
      • Clues to Identifying Photos
      • Gathering THE STUFF
      • Interviews
      • Photo Organization
      • Memory Jogger ?s for Writing Personal Histories
      • More on Archiving--The Good, The Bad and The Terrible
      • Scanning Photos and Documents
    • Journaling in a Jiffy
    • Secrets/ Not Overwhelmed by Family History
    • Beginning Research Checklist
    • Evaluating Information
    • Family History: 15 Minutes at a Time
    • Going Digital with your Genealogy
    • Limiting Internet Searches
    • Ordinances Ready as a Starting Point
    • Organize to Fit the Way YOU Think
    • Personal Research Toolbox
    • Family History Notetaking
  • Web-site Project
    • Top Favorites
    • General Sites
    • Cemeteries/ Death Records
    • Census
    • Immigration, Emigration and Migration Records
    • Land Records- United States
    • LDS Websites
    • Libraries
    • Location Specific >
      • United States
      • State Specific
      • Other Countries
    • Maps/ Address & Phone Numbers
    • Military Records
    • Newspapers
    • Other 'Web-Site Projects'
    • Search Engines
  • Toolbox
    • Good to Know Basics >
      • Good to Know-Basics
      • Finding YOUR Best Place to Work
      • Census Records
      • Clues--Finding Missing Family
      • Computer and Tech Basics
      • OCR & Online Searches
      • Ocupsyshun Census Taker
      • Relationship Chart
      • Research Checklist
    • FamilySearch.org >
      • Good To Know-FamilySearch
      • Tree Connect: Adding Sources from Outside FamilySearch
      • Browse Records-FamilySearch
      • Find/ Add People in FamilySearch
      • No Image? Maybe There Is One
      • RelativeFinder.org
    • Apps & Links >
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    • Reference Article Links
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  • Articles, Tutorials & Classes