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The Official Federal Land Records Site
URL: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/

Description:
Land records are important to genealogists because they "document the transfer of land ownership from the federal government to individuals." This site gives "access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States. [There is also] image access to more than two million Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908." From the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), General Land Office (GLO).

Publisher:
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), General Land Office (GLO)

Extra Keywords
genealogy

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Land grants
Land titles -- Registration and transfer
United States. Bureau of Land Management

LII Database Information:
Record 18242 created by Dennis Maness on 12/03/2002
Last modification on 04/09/2008
Published: 04/09/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/18242