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Land Records, Deeds, Homesteads, Etc.
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- Ancestor Search - Land Genealogy and Family Tree Surname Search Engines
- Bureau of Land Management Home Page
- The Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records
The Official Land Patent Records Site. This site has a searchable database of more than two million Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908, including scanned images of those records. The Eastern Public Land States covered in this database are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin. Images of Serial patents, issued between 1908 and the mid-1960's are currently being added to this web site.
- Indian Bounty Land Applications
Article by Mary Frances Morrow.
- Land Ownership Maps in the Library of Congress
A list by state, county and year, of the maps available in the collection held at the Library of Congress.
- Land Record Reference
- Land Record Research Directory
List of other researchers and the areas they are researching in.
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 LAND-RESEARCH Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding land and property research in the United States and its applications in genealogy. Archives: browse or search.
- Locating Deed Information
Explains a number of methods of locating old deeds.
- A Location Guide to the General Land Office (GLO) Survey Plats
A list of organizations that own GLO plats - both originals or
copies.
- The National Archives | The Catalogue | Research Guides: A to Z ~ U.K.
- Public Records Online
Links to available state & county Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices. Online public records may include copies of deeds, parcel maps, GIS maps, tax data, ownership information and indexes. Some Recorders' offices have marriage and birth records available online.
- Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office -Record Group 49
Provides an overview of the land entry files held at the National Archives and an introduction to using these records in your research.
- RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees No. 29: American Land Records
- US Land & Property Research
By Bill Utterback for the IIGS University.
- U.S. Public Lands - Public Domain System
- Where to Obtain Land Patents/Warrants
Locations of where to order or find land entry case files. All States.
- Where Two White Oaks Used to Grow
A Case Study In Using a Computer to Unpuzzle the 'Metes and Bounds of Your Ancestors' Land - And Finding It. By Richard A. Pence.
- WorldVitalRecords.com - Court, Land, and Probate
An inexpensive, growing set of pay-for-use databases. Including vital records, court records, military records, and an extensive collection of newspapers.
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 Ancestry.com - Homesteaders Left Marks on Land and Paper
Article from Shaking Your Family Tree by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, C.G.
- 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.
- The Homestead Act, 1862
From Time Passages - Genealogy of the Dakotas.
- The Homestead Act May 20, 1862
- The Homestead Act of 1862
By Richard Pence.
- The Homestead Act of 1862
A summary and transcription of the act.
- Homestead Forms
Examples of some of the homestead forms available from the Provincial Archives, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Homestead National Monument of America (National Park Service)
- Homestead National Monument of America
The Homestead Act of 1862 was one of the most significant and enduring events in the westward expansion of the United States. By granting 160 acres of free land to claimants, it allowed nearly any man or woman a chance to live the American dream. Homestead National Monument of America, located in Southeast Nebraska, commemorates this Act and the far-reaching effects it had upon the landscape and people of the plains.
- Homestead Records Detail Pioneer Life
Article by Michael John Neill that discusses using homestead records and what types of information these records typically contain.
- Homestead Records Information Page
Step-by-Step Procedure to Homestead Records.
- Homestead Papers Copied by Faith Libelo
She can visit the National Archives for you and copy the files. E-mail Faith at Faith@Libelo.info for details.
- INGALLS Homestead File
Scanned images of 24 original documents pertaining to the DeSmet, South Dakota homestead of the family of Laura Ingalls Wilder. A terrific example from the National Archives and Records Administration.
- Manitoba Homestead Records
- Saskatchewan homestead records, 1870-1930, and index
From the Family History Library Catalog.
Australia & New Zealand
See also: Cyndi's List - Australia & New Zealand
Canada
See also: Cyndi's List - Canada Index
Miscellaneous
United Kingdom & Ireland
See also: Cyndi's List - United Kingdom & Ireland Index
- Collecting Field Names in Calverton ~ Buckinghamshire, England
- An Explanation of the REASON the 1873 Return of Land Owners was called for, WHAT the difficulties were and, WHY ~ United Kingdom
- The Field Names of Froyle ~ Hampshire, England
- Griffiths Valuation ~ Waterford, Ireland
Online searchable database.
- Harvard Law School Library - Manuscripts
- Herefordshire Field Names Database ~ England
Online searchable database.
- HM Land Registry
- Irish Ancestors: Land Records
- National Archives of Scotland - Deeds
- National Archives of Scotland - The Register of Sasines
- Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
- Freeholder's Records
Lists of people entitled to vote, or of people who voted, at elections. A freeholder was a man who owned his land outright (in fee) or who held it by lease which could be for one or more lives (for example, his own life or for the lives of other people named in the lease).
- Search
Includes surname & forename as well as address and a scanned image of the printed list where the name appears.
- Registers of Scotland Executive Agency
Guide to Land, Sasine, Personal and Other Registers.
- Return of Owners of Land in England and Wales in 1873
- Returns of Owners of Land 1873 (Wales, Scotland, Ireland) ~ Wales
Online scanned images of the list of owners of land in Wales from ratings records. The Returns show the holding, in acres, roods and poles, & estimated yearly rental of all holdings over 1 acre.
- Return of Owners of Land in Norfolk in 1873 ~ England
Online searchable database.
- Tenures of Land and Customs of Manors
Details, including full index by surname, for new edition of "Tenures of Land and Customs of Manors". First published in 1679, this book gives details of land tenure (who owned what pieces of land) in England and Wales, from Middle Ages onwards.
- Tithe Applotment Books and Primary (Griffith) Valuation
United States
See also: Cyndi's List - United States Index
- Alamance County Land Grant Recipients ~ North Carolina
- Along the Ohio Trail
A short history of Ohio lands.
- Ancestry.com - Court, Land & Probate
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
- Archvies Land Records Index ~ Indiana
A variety of online searchable databases from the Indiana State Archives.
- Arkansas Land Records -- Interactive Search
- Bureau of Land Management Home Page
- Bureau of Land Management Directory
Phone directory and web page directory for BLM offices and state offices.
- The Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records
The Official Land Patent Records Site. This site has a searchable database of more than two million Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908, including scanned images of those records. The Eastern Public Land States covered in this database are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin. Images of Serial patents, issued between 1908 and the mid-1960's are currently being added to this web site.
- Freedom of Information Act - Electronic Reading Room
Bureau of Land Management Headquarters Office and Field Facilities.
- The Bureau of Land Management - Idaho
- Clay County Plat Map 1909 ~ Minnesota
- Clay County Plat Map 1920 ~ Minnesota
- Confirmed Spanish Land Grants Claims ~ Tallahassee, Florida
Spanish land grants in Florida / prepared by the Historical Records Survey Division of Community Service Programs, Works Projects Administration. 2nd ed. Tallahassee : State Library Board, 1942.
- CountyRecords.com
County records from various counties in the U.S. including Texas, Iowa, Arkansas, California, Minnesota & Washington states.
- Deed Books 1, 2 & 3 Index Search Screen ~ Ulster County, New York
Online searchable index of the English translations of original Dutch records from 1661-1709.
- Deed Record Request Form
From the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.
- Deed Data Pool
Downloadable deed files for Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia & West Virginia.
- Deed Recordings ~ Bexar County, Texas
Online searchable database of recent deeds with scanned images.
- Early Land Entries - Orange County, Indiana
- Early Sonoma County, California, Land Grants 1846-1850
Online index.
- Essex County Registry of Deeds - Northern District ~ Lawrence, Massachussetts
- The Essex County Registry of Deeds - Southern District ~ Salem, Massachussetts
- Federal Land Records for Arkansas
- Federal Tract Books of Oklahoma Territory
- Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: Land Patent Records
- Frederick Co., Maryland Descents - Court Records from 1794 - 1837
- FTP Illinois - Federal Township Plats of Illinois (1804-1891)
Searchable database of 3,457 digitized federal township plats for Illinois.
- GDAH Land Records
Georgia Department of Archives and History.
- GenealogyBank.com - Search Historical Documents 1789-1980
Find military records, casualty lists, Revolutionary and Civil War pension requests, widow's claims, orphan petitions, land grants and much more including all of the American State Papers (1789-1838) and all genealogical content carefully selected from the U.S. Serial Set (1817-1980). More than 133,000 reports, lists and documents. New content added monthly.
- Genealogy Quest - Georgia Land Lottery, 1832
List of Lottery winners from Baldwin County, Georgia, showing the lots they were awarded in Cherokee County.
- Genealogy Quest - Ohio Company Stockholders, 1796
In 1786 a group of Revolutionary War veterans formed the Ohio Company of Associates to take advantage of the new Land Ordinance Act governing the sale of land in the Western Territory. Among these stockholders are the earliest Ohio settlers.
- Georgia Archives
- Georgia's Land Lottery
- Georgia's Virtual Vault - Headright and Bounty Plats
- Hoosier Homestead Award Database
Database of Indiana farms which have been in the same family for over 100 years. Over 3,000 farms are listed, the oldest dating from 1797
- Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales
Online searchable database of 550,000 land sales from the 54,740 square miles of the public domain sold within Illinois.
- Indiana Commission on Public Records - Indiana State Archives - Collections - Land Records - Overview of the Collections
The State Archives contains a wide variety of land records. As Indiana was a public domain state, virtually every acre was surveyed and then sold or otherwise granted by the federal government before settlement. The only exceptions are the lands around Vincennes settled by the French and George Rogers Clark's Grant around Clarksville.
- Indiana Land Records Search by CompuGen Systems
- Kentucky Secretary of State Land Office
Describes the land office process and includes historical images of the records involved.
- Kit Carson County Land Registration Receipts 1913 - 1919 ~ Colorado
- Land Claim Record Books, 1871-1894
From the Utah State Libraries.
- Land Grants
Online searchable database of land grants in Louisiana from the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville.
- Land Office Patents and Grants Collection Index
Electronic Card Indexes, Digital Collections Home Page, The Library of Virginia.
- Land Office Records
From the State Historical Society of Iowa.
- Land Office Records at the Indiana State Archives
- Land Records - Becker County, Minnesota GenWeb
- The Land Records of Prince George's County, Maryland, 1726-1733
A book by Elise Greenup Jourdan.
- Land Survey on the Great Plains
With a simple explanation of terms, by Dick Taylor.
- Lineages.com - War of 1812 Bounty Land Grants
Searchable database of 17,158 bounty land grants in the Illinois Military Tract for War of 1812 service.
- Louisiana Land Records -- Interactive Search
Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patents from the Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office (GLO) Automated Records Project.
- Maryland State Archives Land Records
- Massachusetts Registries of Deeds
Click on map to obtain address and homepage for Registry of Deeds for your county.
- 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 Tract in Cayuga Co., NY
Alphabetical listing of surnames including first name, township, and lot information.
- Montana Cadastral Mapping Program
The Project is public-private sector partnership to create, maintain, and disseminate a digital GIS land ownership (cadastral) map database of the entire state. Parcels and real property are mapped and maintained by state and county cartographers. Interactive maps and descriptive data are available on this site for each parcel. Descriptive data are derived from the Montana Department of Revenue CAMA (Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal) database.
- Morgan County Public Library - GenAssist - The Genealogy Assistant
- Name Index to the Military Bounty and Donation Land Grants of Texas
- Native American Land Patents
A listing by state and Tribe of land patents. For the states of Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin & Wyoming.
- New York Indorsed Land Papers, 1643-1676
- New York Indorsed Land Papers, 1643-1676
- North Dakota Recorders Information Network
- Northwest Ordinance of 1787
- Odesssa - A German-Russian Genealogical Library
- The Official Ohio Lands Book
A history of the original land treaties, grants, surveys, and subdivisions.
- 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.
- Ohio County Info: Land Auction 1819
- Ohio County Info: Ohio Lands - A Short History
- Oklahoma Land Openings 1889-1907
Land openings in runs, lottery, auctions and U.S. Supreme Court decision.
- OK-LANDRUNS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest regarding those involved in the Oklahoma Land Runs. Archives: browse or search.
- The Old 300 Genealogical Database ~ Texas
"The 'Old 300' database actually includes a core listing of all settlers who had received land grants in Austin's Colony by the eve of the war for independence from Mexico".
- Original Lot Holders, Buffalo, New York
- Pennsylvania Original Land Records Series for York County
Series for York County.
- RegistryofDeeds.com
Access to Hancock County, Maine Registry of Deeds.
- Researching New Mexico Land Grants
Documents pertinent to the study of land grants are available at the New Mexico Commission of Public Records.
- Retracing the Trails of Your Ancestors Using Deed Records
By William Dollarhide, from the Genealogy Bulletin, Issue No. 25, Jan-Feb 1995.
- Richland County (Ohio) Plat Book, 1896
Plat Book from 1896 complete with maps and farm index.
- Riverton Reclamation Project Landowners, Fremont County, Wyoming
List of registered landowners in September 1933 in the Riverton Reclamation Project.
- SD BLM Land Database
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.
- Search County Land Records ~ Somerset County, New Jersey
Online searchable index.
- Search Land Records ~ Johnston County, North Carolina
Online searchable database.
- South Dakota Land Records
- Statewide Search for Subdivision Plats
From the Michigan State Bureau of Construction Codes & Fire Safety. Searchable database. Currently, there are over 66,000 plats on file and images for over 99% of those plats are available here.
- Texas General Land Office - Archives and Records
- titleX.com
Online deed records for select Texas and Washington state counties.
- USGS National Mapping Information
- Wisconsin Land Records -- Interactive Search
Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patents from the BLM.
- Wisconsin Register of Deeds Assocation
The Register of Deeds files, records, and issues instruments and documents of significance both to the community as a whole and to its individual citizens. Includes information on birth & death records and land records documenting title.
- Yuma County Land Patent Maps ~ Colorado
Links to professional researchers found on Cyndi's List are included as a courtesy. Unless otherwise stated, the existence of these links on Cyndi's List does not imply endorsement of the services or products provided by those professional researchers. See also: Disclaimers
- Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore
A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.
- 1873 Returns of Owners of Land - Wales
CD-ROM for sale from Archive CD Books.
- ABP Abstracts
Books for sale on the land records in North Carolina, South Carolina, & Tennessee.
- Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Land and Deeds
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
- Abstracts of the Early Deeds of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, Book 1 (June 1889-July 1893)
A book by Ann Jacobs.
- Abstracts of Early Deeds of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, 1759-1772
A book by Joseph W. Watson.
- Abstracts of the Early Deeds of Wayne County, North Carolina, 1780-1793
A book by Joseph W. Watson.
- Arizona Territorial Deed Records, 1864-1869, of Yavapai County, Prescott, Arizona
A book by Dora M. Whiteside.
- Arizona Territory: Yavapai County Deed Records, 1864-1870
A book by Charlotte Dean.
- The Basic Researcher's Guide To Homesteads & Other Federal Land Records
A book by James C. Barsi.
- Federal Land Series (4 Volumes)
A book by Clifford Neal Smith.
- Federal Land Series: A Calendar of Archival Materials on the Land Patents Issued by the United States Government, With Subject, Tract, and Name index
A book by Clifford Neal Smith.
- Federal Land Series, Part 1: Grants in the Virginia Military District of Ohio
A book by Clifford Neal Smith.
- First Landowners, Livingston County, Michigan
A book by Milton Charboneau.
- First Ownership of Ohio Lands
A book by Albion M. Dyer.
- The History of Land Titles in Massachusetts
A book by James Sullivan.
- Index to the Arkansas General Land Office, 1820-1907: Covering the Counties of Arkansas, Desha, Chicot, Jefferson, and Phillips
A book by Sherida K Eddlemon.
- Land and Property Research in the United States
A book by E. Wade Hone.
- Locating Your Roots: Discover Your Ancestors Using Land Records
A book by Patricia Law Hatcher.
- Measuring America: How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the Promise of Democracy
A book by Andro Linklater.
- Pennsylvania Land Records: A History and Guide for Research
A book by Donna Bingham Munger.
- Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants: Awarded by State Governments
A book by Lloyd De Witt Bockstruck.
- Sod Walls
A book by Roger Welsch.
- Western New York Land Transactions 1804-1824: Extracted from the Archives of the Holland Land Company
A book by Karen E. Livsey.
- Western New York Land Transactions, 1825-1835: Extracted from the Archives of the Holland Land Company
A book by Karen E. Livsey.
- Women and the Law of Property in Early America
A book by Marylynn Salmon.
- Ancestor's Land
Pennsylvania land record books for sale.
- 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.
- Center for Land Grant Studies
Publisher of various topics on New Mexico's history.
- eBay Listings: Land Records
Online auction service for buying & selling.
- eBay Listings : Plat Books
Online auction service for buying & selling.
- Genealogical.com - Land Records
The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company.
- Warren County Tennessee Land Grants 1824-1827
Transcribed land grants and plat books for sale.
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