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Ancestry.com - U.S., Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases, 1507-2000
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Original source: Historic Map Works LLC, Portland, Maine. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Ancestry.com - Wills, Probates, Land, Tax & Criminal
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
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Original source: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Louisiana Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patents. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1993.
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Arphax Publishing Co. - Home of the Family Maps Land Patent Books
The Family Maps Land Patent Books are published county by county, state by state. Data for each county is compiled from the Federal Land Patents database and displayed in these customized books. All books include a Patent Map and Patent Index for each of the Congressional Townships within the county. Deluxe Editions also include for each Township: a Road Map and a Historical Map, which includes waterways, watercourses & railroads. The Road and Historical Maps also include city-centers and cemeteries that can be found at NationalAtlas.gov. All books contain a separate Surname/Patent Index and a Surname/Township Index to help you dive into the right area of the county to find the location of your ancestor's federal land purchase. Family Maps books are a helpful visual reference tool that makes your federal lands research easier than ever.
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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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Document Requests - Land Entry Case File
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.
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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.
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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.
