Federal, State and County Land Records and Maps, Names and Places

• Contents:
• Preface
• Federal Land Records
• How Public Land Sales Began
• Funding a New Federal Government
• State-Land States vs Public-Land States
• First Land Sales in the Public Domain
• Public Land Records – The Process
• BLM Eastern States Branch
• National Archives
• Township and Range System
• Genealogical Finds in Later Land Records
• Get that Elusive File Folder!
• Accessing the Land Entry Case File
• Test Question #1
• Test Question #2
• Test Question #3
• State Land Records
• Warrant, Survey, Patent
• Research In Land Warrants, Surveys, or Patents
• Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia
• Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland
• Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York
• North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
• South Carolina, Tennessee
• Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
• County Land Records
• Genealogical Research in Deed Records
• A Checklist for Deed Research
• Why Not Look at Deed Records First?
• Quit-Claim Deeds and Deed Releases
• After Finding a Deed
• Maps, Names and Places
• Get a Good Map
• Finding Great Grandfather’s Farm on a Map
• The USGS Map Locator
• Land Ownership Maps
• Family Map Series – Arphax Publishing
• HistoryGeo.com – Landowners and Placenames
• Geographic Names Information System
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

William Dollarhide

2023, paper, 48 pp.

ISBN: 9781628593723

121-FR0429