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Better understand your family's Land Records

Our Land Records Sheet is newly updated!

Land records can reveal a wealth of family history details. They help you trace your family’s migrations, discover where they lived, document relationships, and distinguish same-named individuals.

Researching land records can be challenging. Our eight-page cheat sheet serves as a quick-reference guide to finding and understanding your ancestors’ deeds, land patents, plat maps, property tax records, and more. 

Download this PDF cheat sheet and start using it to discover your family tree today!

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What's in the 2022 edition?

• Five steps for finding your ancestors’ old property deeds among court records

  tips for understanding deeds

• Quick-guide chart of eight important types of land records, including patents, plat maps, Sanborn fire insurance maps, land entry case files and more, and how to find them

• Glossary of key terms in land records research

• Timeline of US land expansion and settlement

• Map of US territorial acquisitions

• Detailed explanation of state lands and public lands, including the public land survey system

• How to cite land records for genealogy

• List of top websites, books and other resources to help you with you land records research

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