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- Texas Land Title Abstracts
  
  Original source: Texas General Land Office. Abstracts of all original Texas Land Titles comprising Grants and Locations. Austin, TX, USA.
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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BLM - The Bureau of Land Management
- 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.
  - Reference - Frequently Asked Questions
  - Reference Center
    - Document Requests - Eastern States Patent Request
    - Document Requests - Land Entry Case File
      
      Explanation of steps involved to get copies of the National Archives and Records Administration Land Entry Case Files.
    - Glossary
    - Rectangular Survey System
  - 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.
Categories of Land Grants in Texas New!
FamilySearch Wiki - Texas Land and Property
Handbook of Texas - Land Scrip New!
Index to Military Rolls of the Republic of Texas 1835 - 1845 New!

And: Name Index to Military Bounty and Donation Land Grants of Texas. From the Texas State Historical Association.
Name Index to Military Bounty and Donation Land Grants of Texas New!
Texas General Land Office
- Texas General Land Office - Overview
  
  Established in 1837, the Archives consist of land grant records and maps dating to the 16th century that detail the passage of Texas public lands to private ownership.
  - Spanish and Mexican Records in the Texas General Land Office
  - Texas General Land Office - Land Grant Search
    
    Online searchable database of over 664,569 land grant records.
  - Texas General Land Office - Surname Index
Texas General Land Office - Confederate Scrip Vouchers New!

Confederate Scrip Vouchers (Certificates) contain files documenting claims for land scrip in the amount of 1280 acres issued to widows of Confederate soldiers or disabled Confederate soldiers as authorized by legislative act of April 5, 1881. Includes names, eligibility statements, affidavit of witnesses regarding the validity of the claim and a receipt for the certificate.
Texas Hidden History Updated

Welcome to the Texas Hidden History historic map viewer. This website provides a glimpse into the past of the great state of Texas, and is brought to you by the Texas General Land Office.
Texas Land Records and County Records

Grantor/grantee searches for over 40 Texas Counties.
The Old 300 Genealogical Database

The Brazoria County Historical Museum's primary purpose is to act as the Historical Resource Center for Old 300 Database. Enslaved Ned Thompson and his wife near East Columbia, TX.The Museum maintains a core listing of all settlers who received land grants in Austin's Colony by the eve of the war for independence from Mexico. Over time, this database has expanded to include ancestors and descendants of those settlers. If you think you might be related to one or more members of Austin's Colony, this is a great place to look. Due to privacy concerns, this database is no longer online but accessible by e-mail request.
TXGLO - Categories of Land Grants New!

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