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Land Grants in Tennessee by North Carolina

An article by Carolina Books.

Land Office Patents and Grants Collection Index

Electronic Card Indexes, Digital Collections Home Page, The Library of Virginia.

Land Ordinance of 1785 - Wikipedia

The Land Ordinance of 1785 was adopted by the United States Congress of the Confederation on May 20, 1785. It set up a standardized system whereby settlers could purchase title to farmland in the undeveloped west.

Land patents of Washington County, Maryland (1730-1830)

From Whilbr, Western Maryland Regional Library.

Land Records - Becker County, Minnesota GenWeb

Land Records in the Tennessee State Library and Archives

Tennessee State Library & Archives Nashville Tennessee

Land Survey on the Great Plains

With a simple explanation of terms, by Dick Taylor.

Library of Virginia - About the Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants/Northern Neck Grant and Surveys

This database consists of entries that index two major collections of land records housed in the Library of Virginia plus a small collection of field notes and plats of tracts surveyed by Guy Broadwater.

Location Guide to the General Land Office Survey Plats

A list of organizations that own GLO plats - both originals or copies.

Louisiana Office of State Lands - Search Historical Documents

This sub-program maintains all Official U.S. and state historical land title information - including original land claims pursuant to Spanish, British, and French Land Grants; all severance documents of U.S. and state public lands; all U.S. Official Township Survey plats and field notes; the U.S. and State Tract Books - which are an index of all the other documents mentioned; Section 16 School Lands; State Patents; and numerous related documents. These records make up the source of title for every acre of land in Louisiana, whether privately or publicly owned.

Louisiana State Historical Land Records and Their Relevance to Genealogists

This guide to Historical Records on file at the Louisiana State Land Office has been written and compiled by Brandi A. Newman, Public Land Analyst for the State of Louisiana in the months of January, February, and March of the year 2014. The purpose of this guide is to impart basic knowledge of the documents contained in the Louisiana State Land Office Historical Records Collection as well as provide detailed instructions on how to locate these documents on the State Land Office website, primarily with genealogical purposes in mind.

Madison Parish Plantations and Landowners 1875-1979

A table based on tax roll data of the better-known plantations of Madison, Parish, LA showing land owner names and acreage through the years 1875-1879-1885-1890-1894-1898-1903-1908-1912-1918-1924-1930-1935-1938-1941 and 1943. Links are provided to ownership maps from the original U S Land Office sale in the early 1800's to 1875, 1903, 1943 and 1979.

Madison Parish, Louisiana Earliest Landowners (Patentees)

Lists and maps showing the original landowners (Patentees) of Madison Parish, LA. Included are: linked alphabetical listings and color coded maps showing the description and location of every tract and landowner in the original US Government Land Office public land sale; a discussion of legal property descriptions; a linked Index Map and links to land ownership maps for the years 1875, 1903, 1943 and 1979 based on tax roll data.

Mapping West Philadelphia, Landowners in October 1777

Maryland State Archives Land Records

Massachusetts Registries of Deeds

Click on map to obtain address and homepage for Registry of Deeds for your county.

MDLANDREC - Maryland Land Records Online

Digital copies of the original handwritten deeds and other property records from the late 1600s on. Early handwritten indexes alphabetized by first letter only. Free, but you need to register and receive a password. Not all counties online yet. Separate site from the main Maryland State Archives Online.

MDLandRec.Net A Digital Image Retrieval System for Land Records in Maryland

Up to date access to all verified land record instruments in Maryland. This service is currently being provided at no charge to individuals who apply for a user name and password.

Milestone Historic Documents - The Northwest Ordinance

An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio. As it appears in the Supplement to the First Volume of the Columbian Magazine, Philadelphia, 1787. Explains the Northwest Ordinance and its significance, with the full text and a scanned copy of the original document online.

Military Lots assigned to soldiers, Garrett County, Maryland. 1787

Lots assigned to Marylanders who served 3 years in the American army during the Revolutionary War. Each soldier was assigned 50 acres, and officers 200 acres, in Garrett County, Western Maryland. Map by Frances DEAKINS and list of land grants.