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Locating your roots : discover your ancestors using land records / Patricia Law Hatcher.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating CS49 .H38 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hatcher, Patricia Law.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Genealogy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- United States.
- Land titles--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Land titles.
- Deeds--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Deeds.
- Physical Description:
- 211 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cincinnati, Ohio : Betterway Books, c2003.
- Summary:
- Accompanied by step-by-step instructions, a comprehensive guide shows readers how to identify, locate, and interpret land records in order to trace their early ancestors.
- Contents:
- Why Use Land Records?
- Where Are the Records?
- Finding a Deed Without Using Vacation Time
- Finding a Deed in a Courthouse
- First Transfer
- Getting Land Into the Hands of Individuals
- Public Lands
- What's in a Deed?
- How to Record What You Find
- Records of Residence
- Maps, Atlases, and Gazetteers
- Metes-and-Bounds Land Platting
- Public-Land Survey System.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-187) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1558706143 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781558706149 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 50959041
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