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Getting the Most From the Online BLM Database
Birdie Monk Holsclaw, CG
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www.glorecords.blm.gov
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Disposition of Public Lands
From the U.S. government General Land Office (GLO), 1812-1946 Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 1946-
To individuals, governments, companies States, railroads, etc. Cash sales Warrants Homestead Act, etc.
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Map from <www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/StateTime.asp>
Gray states are in the jurisdiction of BLM’s Eastern States Office;
complete to 1908 (except Iowa)
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Warrantee & Patentee
Warrantee: a person who received a warrant for land (usually military).
Patentee: a person who received a land patent. (The Last Name field may also be a maiden name, alias, company name or state.)
Warrantee and Patentee may or may not be the same!
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State=Illinois
Warrantee =John Miller
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Patentee:Elizabeth Harbaugh
Warrantee:John Miller
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More options More help
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Right
mouse
click
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Elizabeth Harbaugh, mother and the other heirs at law of Jno Miller decd, late a private in Kean’s Coy fourth Regiment of Riflemen …
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Shows meridian
s for selected
state
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Patentee =Hiram Dickson
State=Wisconsin
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Southeast quarter of the
northeast quarter of
Section 13 Township
5 North Range 11
East 4th Principal
Meridian
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Section 13 - Township 5N - Range 11E
State=Wisconsin
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11 parcels in Section 13: click
each name to
get precise location
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Hiram Dickson’s section
William H.
Bailey
John McCulkin
John Menzie
John Fish
John FishOrrin C.
Stearns
Hiram Dickson
Otis Bathrick
Lance Estes
George Barnes
John J. Estes
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Albert Reicheneck
erPharmacist
Lived Como, Colo. in the 1870s-1890s
Como
South
Park
Map from Topozone.com
Reinecker Ridge
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Patentees =Reichenecker
State=Colorado
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11 records
All Park County
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Albert Reichen
ecker land
Reinecker
Ridge
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Issue date: The day the President (through
his representative) signed the patent … after all requirements
were met
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Land office: The local office where
patentees applied for their land. See Hone
book for maps.
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Document Nr.: The primary identification
for the patent.
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Authority: The law or treaty which enabled
the land to be distributed. See Gates
book.
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Patentee =Arthur Wilson
State=Colorado
County =Washington
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May 20, 1862: Homestead Entry
Original (12 Stat. 392)
12 Stat. 392 =
Page 392 in Volume 12 of U.S. Statutes
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Township 2 South Range 52 West
State=Colorado
Issue Year=1894
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Eight neighbors who got their land in 1894
- Almost all (7) under 1862 Homestead Act - One familiar name (Hansen)
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Sort by County
State=Colorado
Patentee=Richter
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Richters in
Colorado
Largest group in Morgan County
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Sort by Location
State=Colorado
Patentee=Reichenecker
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Reichenecker land
sorted by location
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Section 14
Section 14
Section 14
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Wildcards
% (percent sign) = zero-plus characters Fran% = Fran, Frank, Francisco Rei%ecker = Reinecker, Reichenecker
_ (underscore) = one and only one character Hans_n = Hansen, Hanson Ridg__y = Ridgely, Ridgley
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Rei%ecker:Rei neckerReich neckerReichenecker
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Ridg__y:Ridgley Ridgely
Ridgway
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Associated records
Maps Survey notes and tract books A must: see the case file (visit the National
Archives I in D.C., or order photocopies)
Enjoy learning more about this part of your
ancestors’ history.
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There was nothing but land; not a country at all, but the material out of
which countries are made.
– Willa Cather, My Antonia, 1918