BLM GLO Records Search Land Patents Online United States of America

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On April 2, 2014, 5:13 pm

BLM GLO Records Search Land Patents Online United States of America

Name of the Organization : Bureau of Land Management (glorecords.blm.gov)
Type of Facility : Search Land Patents Online
Location : Springfield
Country : United States of America

Website : http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx

Related :
BLM GLO Records Search Land Status Online United States of America : www.statusin.org/382.html

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1. Land Patents :

Sample Homestead Patent Federal Land Patents offer researchers a source of information on the initial transfer of land titles from the Federal government to individuals.

Wildcards can help you find variations on spellings.

In addition to verifying title transfer, this information will allow the researcher to associate an individual (Patentee, Assignee, Warrantee, Widow, or Heir) with a specific location (Legal Land Description) and time (Issue Date). We have a variety of Land Patents on our site, including Cash Entry, Homestead and Military Warrant patents.

To search for land patents :
To search our database for land patents, start by selecting the Search Documents By Type tab, and then selecting the Patents sub-tab.

2. Providing Search Criteria :

** Start by selecting a state. The following fields will be filtered by the state you select : county, meridian, land office, militia, tribe, and authority.
** You do not have to fill in all of the fields.
** Fields that you leave empty are ignored. We only list records that match the fields you fill in.
** To search all states at once, select “Any State” at the bottom of the state dropdown. If you choose this option, you will not be able to select a specific county, meridian, or land office.
** You can get a brief description of what each field means by hovering your mouse over it.

Using Wildcards :
Some search fields (like patentee and warrantee name) let you enter incomplete spellings of names, using a special “wildcard” character to replace the characters you are not certain of. The percent sign (“%”) will match any number of characters in the search field. Underscore (“_”) matches any one single character.

Using the “%” Wild Card :
The percent sign will match any sequence of zero, one, or more characters in the search field. For instance, if you enter “EDWARD%” in the patentee last name field, the search engine will find any patentee last name that begins the letters E D W A R D and has any characters (or none) after it, such as EDWARD, EDWARDS, and EDWARDSLY.

Using the “_” Wild Card :
The underscore works a lot like the percent sign, but it matches any one single character in the search field. For instance, if you enter _ _ R O N in the patentee last name field, the search engine will find all five-character patentee last names that end in RON, such as AARON and ELRON, but not MIYRON.

3. General Uses For Wild Cards :

You would typically use wildcards when you are unsure of the exact spelling of a name. If you know the characters at the beginning or the end of the name you are looking for, use the percent sign to fill in for the characters you don’t know.

Another use would be to work around the limits we impose on the number of patents our search engine will return in the search results list. Suppose you are searching for a common last name like SMITH. You will probably receive a message about an “administrative limit” on the number of hits because there are so many Smiths. If you put SMITH in the last name field and A% in the first name field you will get hits for the last name SMITH and any first name beginning with A. By trying B, and C, and so on, you will eventually be able to retrieve all the SMITH land patents.

4. Search Tips :

To search for land patents by type :
** Start by selecting the State.
** You do not have to fill in all fields, but provide at least one additional field.
** Click the Search Patents button.

Search Here : http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#searchTabIndex=0

To search for documents by location :
** Right-click on the map location.
** Select Map Township.
** The township will be drawn on the map.
** The township will appear in the panel above.
** Click Search next to the desired township.

Search Here : http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#searchTabIndex=1

To search for a document by its Identifier :
** Choose the document type you wish to search for.
** Type the appropriate identifier in the field.
** Click the Search For Document button.
** You will be switched directly to the details page of the specified document.

Search Here : http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx#searchTabIndex=2