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1807 Georgia Land Lottery

Website for book by Paul K. Graham, names fortunate drawers and grantees in the 1807 Land Lottery.
A History of the United States General Land Office in Oregon
Access Genealogy - Native American Land Patents

A listing by state and Tribe of land patents. For the states of Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin & Wyoming.
Alamance County Land Grant Recipients

North Carolina.
Along the Ohio Trail

A short history of Ohio lands.
Ancestor Tracks

We specialize in creating county atlases of the Pennsylvania Township Warrantee Maps on file at the Pennsylvania Archives in Harrisburg, bringing to life those early pioneers who purchased land from colonial or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania authorities. We also add links on our website to other early landowner map sources we learn about, as well as historic map images showing landowners.
Ancestry.com - North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 $

Original source: Tennessee. Division of Archives, Land Office, and Museum. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783
Ancestry.com - North Carolina and Tennessee, U.S., Early Land Records, 1753-1931 $

Original source: Tennessee. Division of Archives, Land Office, and Museum. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tenn. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
Ancestry.com - North Carolina, Land Grant Files, 1693-1960 $

Original source: North Carolina Land Grants. Microfilm publication, 770 rolls. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
Ancestry.com - Search Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers

Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918
  
  Original source: Various publishers of County Land Ownership Atlases. Microfilmed by the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Ancestry.com - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 $

Original source: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
Ancestry.com - U.S., Indexed Early Land Ownership and Township Plats, 1785-1898 $

Original source: Public Land Survey Township Plats, compiled 1789. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
Ancestry.com - Wills, Probates, Land, Tax & Criminal

Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
- Alabama Land Records
- Arkansas Land Records
- Early Pennsylvania Land Records
- Florida Land Records
- Georgia Land Lottery, 1827
- Iosco County, Michigan Early Land Owners, 1841-96
- Iosco County, Michigan Plat Book, 1903
- Kentucky Land Grants
- Louisiana Land Records
- Michigan, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908
- Minnesota Land Records
- Mississippi Land Records
- Ohio Land Records
- Texas Land Title Abstracts
- Wisconsin Land Records
Anson County Register of Deeds Remote Access Site

Anson, North Carolina deeds from 1749-1989, plus more current deeds. There are 3 ways to search, depending on what you are looking for.
Arkansas Digital Archives - Arkansas State Land Records 1822-1986

The Arkansas State Land records were donated to the Arkansas State Archives by the Arkansas State Land Commissioner's Office. The records span from 1822 to 1986 and include Land Donation Applications, Swamp Land Applications, Swamp Land Patents, Proof of Internal Improvement Papers, Proof of Loss Documents, Forfeited Deeds, Relinquishment Papers, and other legal documents generated by the State Land Commissioner's Department.
Arkansas Division of Land Surveys - GLO Map

An interactive map of Arkansas townships. Has searchable PDF files containing the transcribed field notes for the boundary surveys, re-surveys of the boundaries, original subdivision-surveys, resurveys of the subdivision, and any miscellaneous surveys of that township.
Arkansas, USGenWeb Archives - Federal Land Records
BLM - The Bureau of Land Management
- Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records
  
  The Official Land Records Site for the United States. This site has a searchable database of more than five million (1820-present) Federal land conveyance records, including scanned images of those records. There are also images related to survey plats and field notes, dating back to 1810. The site does not currently contain every Federal title record issued for the Public Land States.
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      Explanation of steps involved to get copies of the National Archives and Records Administration Land Entry Case Files.
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  - Search Documents By Type, By Location, By Identifier
    
    There are 4 documents in the search: Patents, Survey Plats and Field Notes, Land Status Records, Control Document Index. Patents are for 49 states and DC. Survey Plates and Field Notes are for Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming. Land Status Records are for Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota. Control Document Index is for Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
California GLO / BLM Land Patents

A name index, created in 1997, of all land deeds (patents) issued by the General Land Office and Bureau of Land Management in California. Details of each patent are listed by county in Adobe pdf and MS Excel formats.
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