{"id":178,"date":"2021-06-12T17:42:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T17:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/directlinesoftware.com\/WordPress\/?page_id=178"},"modified":"2021-06-13T11:43:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T11:43:24","slug":"land-record-reference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/directlinesoftware.com\/WordPress\/index.php\/land-record-reference\/","title":{"rendered":"Land Record Reference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to our Reference Section. No need to whisper! If you don&#8217;t find what you&#8217;re looking for, <a href=\"https:\/\/directlinesoftware.com\/WordPress\/index.php\/contact\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"95\">drop us a line<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting New Land<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/feudal.htm\">The Feudal Land System<\/a> &#8211; <em>Ain&#8217;t it great to be King!<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/landacq.htm\">How Land in the Colonies Was Acquired<\/a> &#8211; <em>Patents and Grants.<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/bounty.htm\">Bounty Land Warrants<\/a>, by Jan Bishop McFarland &#8211; <em>Another way of acquiring land.<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/homestead.htm\">The Homestead Act of 1862<\/a>, by Richard Pence &#8211; <em>The original &#8216;sweat equity&#8217; way to get land.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">State by State History<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.in.gov\/icpr\/4004.htm\">Indiana Land History<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/ohio.htm\">Introduction to Ohio Land History<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/tenn.htm\">Introduction to Tennessee Land History<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/virg.htm\">Introduction to Virginia Land History<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Buying and Selling Land<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/landtran.htm\">Transferring Land<\/a> &#8211; <em>The selling process.<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/anatomy.htm\">A Typical Deed<\/a> &#8211; <em>It&#8217;s not just legalese<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Land Transaction Records. How they work, and where they are.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/deeds.htm\">Retracing the Trails of Your Ancestors Using Deed Records<\/a>, by William Dollarhide<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lhaasdav.com\/learningcenter\/index.html\">Taking the Mystery Out of Land Records<\/a>, by Linda Haas Davenport<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/deedbook.htm\">Deed Books and the types of deeds they contain<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/getdeeds.htm\">How To Get Copies of Land Records<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/books.htm\">Books Relating to Land Records<\/a> &#8211; <em>The records you seek may already be in print<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/sites.htm\">Other Internet sites<\/a> with Land Record Information<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Two Types of Property Descriptions Used in Deeds<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/metes.htm\">Metes and Bounds<\/a> &#8211; <em>Meandering streams and white oak trees<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/public.htm\">U.S. Public Domain<\/a> &#8211; <em>Home on the Section, Township, and Range<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Terms You&#8217;ll Come Across<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/survey.htm\">Surveying Units and Terms<\/a> &#8211; <em>Poles and Chains<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/legal.htm\">Legal and Other Terms<\/a> &#8211; <em>From the common to the obscure<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.directlinesoftware.com\/decl.htm\">Corrections for compass declination errors<\/a> &#8211; <em>True norths are hard to find<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Miscellaneous<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/geonames.usgs.gov\/\">U.S. Geographic Name lookup<\/a> &#8211; <em>Locate creeks and other features named in deeds<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usgenweb.com\/\">U.S. GenWeb<\/a> &#8211; <em>Gateway to local history and genealogy<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyndislist.com\/land.htm\">Cyndi&#8217;s List of Land Record Sites<\/a> &#8211; <em>An excellent list of related sites<\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/\">FindLaw<\/a> &#8211; <em>Legal resources, including Property Law<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our Reference Section. No need to whisper! If you don&#8217;t find what you&#8217;re looking for, drop us a line. Getting New Land The Feudal Land System &#8211; Ain&#8217;t it great to be King! How Land in the Colonies Was Acquired &#8211; Patents and Grants. 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