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Land Records ancestry/library/view/ancmag/3364.asp

Land Records http://ancestry.com/library/view/ancmag/3364.asp. They can be plentiful, accessible, easy to use, informative and interesting. There are 5 steps: Identify the individual Determine if they owned land and where What types of records exist Use the records and crank the machines

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Land Records ancestry/library/view/ancmag/3364.asp

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  1. Land Recordshttp://ancestry.com/library/view/ancmag/3364.asp • They can be plentiful, accessible, easy to use, informative and interesting. • There are 5 steps: • Identify the individual • Determine if they owned land and where • What types of records exist • Use the records and crank the machines • Evaluate the data

  2. Step One • Identify the individual • Use other records that you have at home • The more you know about the person the easier it is to find land grants • Use full names, ages, other family names • Write down all clues you can gather

  3. Step Two • Determine where the individual owned land • What town • What county (make sure the county lines did not change) • What state • Check the censuses if you are not sure

  4. Step Three • What types of land records exist for your locality • Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources • Most records are kept at the county level • Book “Land and Property Research in the United States” • Book “The Source”

  5. Step Four • Use the Records • Alphabetical indexes • Records are recorded by Grantor (seller) • Records are recorded by Grantee (buyer) • Virtually any person who owned land in the United States could be located in one of these indexes

  6. Step Five • Evaluate your data • Remember that the records you are looking at are not the original but a copy. The original went to the purchaser of the property • Handwriting can also be a problem

  7. With Luck and hard work • Find an accurate date and place of where your ancestors lived • Find the names of all individuals purchasing the land • Learn the wife’s name • Find an actual street address

  8. Plentiful Records • 1850 – 90% of free males owned land • Today about ½ the population owns land

  9. Accessibility • All counties, parishes, or towns are responsible for keeping land records • Internet a good tool for land records • Cindi’s List, Rootsweb, and Bureau of Land Management, all have links to land records, searchable by names

  10. Easy to Use, Informative and Interesting • Land records are indexed • Some of the things you learn in land records can help you breakthrough those brick walls • Examine who may have owned property before your ancestors • Look at adjacent property owners, sometimes they were related • Remember the who, what, where and when in searching through records • Former country/state of residence could be mentioned

  11. Sample of land record

  12. Websites • http://www.cyndislist.com/land.htm • www.glorecords.blm.gov • http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/land/index.html • www.ultranet.com/~deeds/landacq.htm • http://rwguide.rootsweb.com • http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson29.htm • http://users.arn.net/~billco/uslpr.htm • Type “land records” in any search engine and go searching

  13. Maps • http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/?rc=locale%7E&us=0 • http://www.davidrumsey.com/ • http://www.goldbug.com/ • http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/ • http://www.maphistory.info/webimages.html • http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/ • http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_collection_guide.html

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