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• Ancestry.com - U.S., Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases, 1507-2000 $

  Original source: Historic Map Works LLC, Portland, Maine. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

• Ancestry.com - U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 $

  Original source: Various publishers of County Land Ownership Atlases. Microfilmed by the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

• Ancestry.com - Wills, Probates, Land, Tax & Criminal

  Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

• 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.

• Deed Data Pool

  Downloadable deed files for Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia & West Virginia.

• FamilySearch Wiki - West Virginia Land and Property