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Metes & Bounds Land Platting: A SLIG 2023 Course

January 30, 2023
by Alice Childs with 3 Comments Records

I spent last week in an institute course offered by the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy titled Metes & Bounds Land Platting. It was a fantastic course and I'm excited to share a little bit about my experience. First, a little bit about metes ...

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Using Land Records To Help Answer Research Questions

June 12, 2021
by Alice Childs with No Comment The Records Tell a Story

In my last post, I wrote about land records in state-land states. Today I will share examples of a few different land records I have used in my research and how they can be used to answer research questions. At the very basic level, a deed might ...

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Land Records for State-Land States

June 4, 2021
by Alice Childs with No Comment Mid-Atlantic ResearchThe Records Tell a Story

Land records are created when a person acquires land, either from the government or from another person. The first time land was transferred from the government to an individual is called a grant and results in a patent. Every subsequent sale of th ...

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Pennsylvania Land Records: First Titles

April 7, 2020
by Alice Childs with No Comment Mid-Atlantic ResearchPennsylvania

I have been working on my four-generation project for accreditation through ICAPGen.  One of the types of records I need to have a good working knowledge of for the Mid-Atlantic region is land records, so I have spent the last couple of days stu ...

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