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PA State Archives - RG-17 - Warrantee Township Maps - Main Interface
The Pennsylvania State Archives holds the following warrantee township maps, which show all original land purchases from the Proprietors or the Commonwealth made inside the boundaries of present-day townships. In essence, these maps serve as a summary and geographical index for the warrants, surveys and patents held by the State Archives. Information usually shown for each tract of land includes: name of warrantee, name of patentee, number of acres, name of tract, and dates of warrant, survey and patent. Survey and patent numbers also may be given.
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Pathfinder for Military Bounty Land and Pensions War of 1812
From the Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library.
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Pennsylvania Original Land Records
Series for York and Adams counties.
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Philadelphia Historical Land Records and Vitals Site
Deed Indexes Grantor & Grantee for Philadelphia from 1683-1977 available for free. Deed Books available online for a fee. Read info pdfs for caveats. There are also links to Parcel Explorer where, for a fee, you can track the chain of ownership on property from 1865 to 1975.
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Pioneers and Early Oregonians Donation Land Claims
7,373 claims in the index. Images can be ordered for a fee. From the Genealogical Forum of Oregon.
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Plat book of Luce County, Michigan
Atlas of township property maps showing names of rural landowners in Luce County, Michigan.
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This is a collection of 114 Missouri County plat books published by W.W. Hixson & Co. Although the exact year of publication is unclear, it is estimated to be late 20's to early 30's. The plat books in this collection are held in the Special Collections Departments at Ellis Library at the University of Missouri-Columbia and the St. Louis Public Library.
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Access to Hancock County, Maine Registry of Deeds.
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Researching New Mexico Land Grants
Documents pertinent to the study of land grants are available at the New Mexico Commission of Public Records.
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Retracing the Trails of Your Ancestors Using Deed Records
By William Dollarhide, from the Genealogy Bulletin, Issue No. 25, Jan-Feb 1995.
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Revolutionary War Veterans' Land Lottery Records
From the Georgia Secretary of State. Database of index of Revolutionary War veterans who were
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Richland County (Ohio) Plat Book, 1896
Plat Book from 1896 complete with maps and farm index.
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Riverton Reclamation Project Landowners, Fremont County, Wyoming
List of registered landowners in September 1933 in the Riverton Reclamation Project.
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San Mateo County Genealogical Society - Databases - Land and Maps
Index to Patent Books 1-3, Record of Deeds 1-4, Mortgage Books 1-2. Water Appropriation Appliations, Name Index to Unrecorded Maps, Homestead Index, and more.
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Sangamon County Town Lots Record - Archives/Special Collections - University of Illinois Springfield
The record includes lots sold in towns in Sangamon County (excepting Springfield) between the years 1825 and 1876.
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Alphabetical listing of BLM land records in South Dakota (homestead and other). Gives land legal description, type of record, document ID, and date of signing.
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An index of more than 13,000 grantors of deeds in Oswego County, NY, 1791 - 1836 contains year, grantor and grantee name(s), book and page of original index and reference numbers of films available at LDS Church Family History Libraries.
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Secretary of State Kentucky Land Office
In Kentucky, land is allocated via the patenting process. The Kentucky Secretary of State's office is the repository for all records pertaining to patents issued within the Kentucky boundary, including those issued by the state of Virginia prior to Kentucky's statehood in 1792. This website contains searchable databases and information regarding military warrants issued for service in the French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War and the Revolutionary War; non-military warrants and the resulting patents and a number of other databases.
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Kentucky Land History, Research Aids, Powerpoint Presentations.
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Certificates of Settlement & Preemption Warrants
Under the Virginia land law of 1779, any bona fide settler in Kentucky County (also known as the Kentucky District) prior to January 1, 1778, who had made an improvement and planted a crop of corn was eligible for a 400-acre certificate of settlement for the land he or she had improved.
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In 1835, the Kentucky General Assembly modified the system for patenting unappropriated land in the Commonwealth. Prospective landowners purchased orders (or warrants) from the county court authorizing the county surveyor to survey a tract of unappropriated land for a patent application.
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The southern half of the Jackson Purchase region in western Kentucky was acquired under the October 19, 1818, land treaty between the United States and the Chickasaw Indian Nation. On February 14, 1820, the Kentucky General Assembly passed legislation stated the entire Jackson Purchase region would be mapped in compliance with the system used by the federal government for surveying public lands.
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This database includes the complete text of the Acts of the Virginia General Assembly and the Kentucky General Assembly creating all 120 Kentucky counties. It also includes Fincastle, Kentucky, Henrietta, Beckham and Zollicoffer counties.
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In 1780 Kentucky County, Virginia, was divided into three counties: Fayette, Jefferson and Lincoln. The Virginia General Assembly instructed the Kentucky County Surveyor to copy land entries into separate volumes for each of the new counties. This database contains 4,763 entries reserving land for patenting in the Lincoln County area from November 3, 1779, through April 19, 1792.
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The resources on this website provide everything from background information on Kentucky's history to research aids to links to groups and events that will allow you to further your research.
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Revolutionary War Warrants Database
This database indicates includes 4,748 bounty land warrants issued by Virginia to veterans of the Revolutionary War.
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Virginia and Old Kentucky Patent Series
In 1779 the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation that established the land patenting process for appropriating land in Kentucky County. A variety of land warrants and special legislative acts could be used to initiate a patent. Under the terms of the 1789 Compact with Virginia, Kentucky agreed to honor patents issued prior to Kentucky's statehood on June 1, 1792. The land patenting process continued after statehood.
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The May 1779 Land Laws passed by the Virginia General Assembly authorized the sale of treasury warrants to patent "waste and unappropriated land."
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West of Tennessee River Military Patents
The sourthern portion of the area known as the Jackson Purchase in western Kentucky was acquired under the October 19, 1818, land treaty between the United States and the Chickasaw Indian Nation.
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West of Tennessee River Non-Military Patents
The Chickasaw Indian Nation relinquished all lands east of the Mississippi River and north of the Mississippi state line with the signing of the Treaty of October 19, 1818.
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Shelby County Register of Deeds
Tennessee Vital Records: Death Records Index 1949-2009; Divorce Records Index 1980-2009; Marriage Records Index 1980-2009. Shelby County Records: Birth Records 1874-1912; Chancery Court Divorce Index 1945-1997; Circuit Court Indexes 1893-2000; Death Records 1848-1963; Land Bank Properties For Sale; Marriage Indexes/Images 1920-1989; Marriage Records 1820-1983; Memphis Census 1865; Memphis City Directories 1849-1943; Memphis Police Blotter 1858-1860; Memphis Provost Marshal 1863-1865; Naturalization Records 1856-1906; Occupant, Entry, and Survey Books 1819-1962; Probate Court Loose Paper Index 1820-1900; Probate Court Will Book Indexes/Images 1830-2000; Quarterly Court Loose Papers Index 1820-1865.
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