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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.
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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.
- Alberta Genealogical Society - Index to Alberta Homestead Records - 1870 to 1930
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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.
- Footnote.com - Homestead Records - Nebraska
 Land Entry Case Files of the Broken Bow Land Office, Broken Bow, NE: Homestead Final Certificates, 1890-1908. Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription .
- 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
- Archives of Ontario Research Guide 205 - How to Use the Ontario Land Records Index ca. 1780 - ca. 1920
- Cape Breton land petitions and other material 1787-1864 ~ Nova Scotia
- Dave Obee's Family History Page - Finding Aid: Prairie Land Records
- Early Land Surveys in Southern Ontario
By John Becker.
- The Glenbow Museum > Archives CPR Land Sales
Records of sales of agricultural land by the Canadian Pacific Railway to settlers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta from 1881 to 1927.
- Homestead Forms
Examples of some of the homestead forms available from the Provincial Archives, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- In Search of Your Canadian Past: The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project
From McGill University's Rare Books and Special Collections Division. A searchable database derived from published county atlases between 1874 & 1881. Searchable by property owners' names or by location. Township maps, portraits and properties have been scanned, with links from the property owners' names in the database.
- Land Registry ~ Saskatchewan
Land registry for Saskatchewan.
- Library and Archives Canada - Lower Canada Land Petitions
More than 95,000 references to individuals who lived in present-day Quebec between 1764 and 1841.
- Library and Archives Canada - Western Land Grants (1870-1930)
Letters Patent issued by the Lands Patent Branch of the Department of the Interior. The records refer to grants issued in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the railway belt of British Columbia, c. 1870-1930.
- Manitoba Homestead Records
- Nova Scotia Archives & Records Management - Land Petitions
Nova Scotia petitions 1769-1799 ~ Cape Breton Island petitions 1787-1843.
- PANB/UNB Cadastral Database - Searching the Grantbook Database
Records of land settlement in New Brunswick,1765-1800.
- Provincial Archives of New Brunswick :: RS108 :: Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918
- Provincial Archives of New Brunswick :: RS686 :: Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997
- Registry of Deeds - Nova Scotia
- The Saskatchewan Homestead Index
A file locator database to the homestead files at the Saskatchewan Archives. It contains 360,000 references to those men and women who, from 1872 to 1930, under the terms of the Dominion Lands Act, took part in the homestead process in the area now known as Saskatchewan.
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
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