Land & Maps
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Access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than five million Federal land title records issued between 1820 and the present, as well as images related to survey plats and field notes, dating back to 1810.
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Enter Township and Range. Optionally enter Section. Google Earth flys you there using BLM data.
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A step-by-step guide to using the BLM site and Earth Point
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Tracing the Trails of Your Ancestors Using Deed Records Part 1 — William Dollarhide
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Follow-up to Tracing the Trails of Your Ancestors Using Deed Records Part 2 — William Dollarhide
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History and facts about the Public Land Survey System — Wikipedia
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Introduction to US Land Records — PDF handout from Keith Pyeatt
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National Archives - Land Records
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National Archives - Those Elusive Early Americans: Public Lands and Claims in the American State Papers, 1789–1837
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National Archives - Using the Congressional Serial Set for Genealogical Research
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Newberry Atlas of Historical County Boundries
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Geology and Earth Science News and Information
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Collection of historical maps
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Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
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Historical Maps Can Help – article by Jeffrey A. Bockman
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names® Online
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Geographic Names Information System – USGS