Showing posts with label Land records. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Land records. Show all posts

Thursday, February 19, 2009

State Land States

Arkansas Land Records

Kentucky Land Office - Searchable Databases and Related Articles

Jackson Purchase, Kentucky Land Patents, Revolutionary War Warrants

Maryland State Archives Land Records

Massachusettes Registry of Deeds

Pennsylvania Original Land Records

Texas General Land Office

Virginia - Land Office Grants

Land Records at Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com - Land Records
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.


Federal Land Records – Public Land States


This site offers researchers a source of information on the initial transfer of land titles from the Federal government to individuals.
Footnote.com - Homestead Records - Nebraska
Land Entry Case Files of the Broken Bow Land Office, Broken Bow, NE: Homestead Final Certificates, 1890-1908.
Ohio Company Land Grants, 1793
A list of the Ohio Company land grants of 1793, taken from The Records of the Original Proceedings of the Ohio Company.

Understanding Land Records

State land states - where the state made the land grants: Thirteen original states, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and West Virginia.


Public land states - where the federal government made the land grants:The other 30 states.


Legal Land Descriptions in the USA

Graphical Display of the Federal Township and Range System

A detailed example of finding a tract

Metes and Bounds Surveys

Example of Indiscriminate Metes and Bounds

Rectangular Survey System From the GLO website

Geo-communicator Interactive Maps


Retracing the Trails of Your Ancestors Using Deed Records

An excellent article on land records by William Dollarhide, From the GENEALOGY BULLETIN, Issue No. 25, Jan-Feb 1995.