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Extras << Probate Records <<
Online Land Resources
To search for online land records by name:
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) site with live database access to federal land conveyance records for the public land states. Includes digital images of more than 2,000,000 federal land title records for Eastern public land states issued between 1820 and 1908. Images of serial patents, issued between 1908 and the mid-1960s, are currently being added:
 www.glorecords.blm.gov
For links to multiple probate and wills site:
About.com's Kimberly Powell's land records links:
genealogy.about.com/hobbies/genealogy/msubland.htm
To learn more about land records and how to use them in your research:
Analyzing Deeds for Useful Clues by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL for the Board for Certification of Genealogists' OnBoard newsletter:
www.bcgcertification.org/skillbuilders/skbld951.html
Linda Haas Davenport's Learning Center - click on land records:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/learningcenter.html
U.S. Land & Property Research by Bill Utterback, CGRS for the International Internet Genealogical Society University:
users.arn.net/~billco/uslpr.htm
Retracing the Trails of Your Ancestors Using Deed Records by William Dollarhide for the Genealogy Bulletin:
www.ultranet.com/%7Edeeds/deeds.htm
Homesteaders Left Marks on Land and Paper by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, C.G.:
www.ancestry.com/columns/myra/Shaking_Family_Tree07-24-97.htm
The Homestead Act of 1862 by Richard Pence:
http://www.ultranet.com/~deeds/homestead.htm
Computer Programs for Drawing Plat Maps:
http://www.ultranet.com/~deeds/homestead.htm
Graphical Display of the Federal Township and Range System:
www.outfitters.com/genealogy/land/twprangemap.html
Vikki Gray's Understanding Legal Land Descriptions:
hometown.aol.com/vikkigray/landtutorial.htm
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