"...an indispensable tool!" Written evidence of people's entitlement to land and property goes back in time further and apply to more people than any other genealogical record in the United States. U.S. Researchers often overlook the importance of land records as a source for genealogical information. But significant and often hidden clues can be found in land and property records. When early settlers left their homelands to start a new life in America, they had dreams of owning their own land and prospering from their own efforts. As such, when it came to ensuring that their precious land was, without doubt, their own, they were careful to provide all of the information requested of them by the various government agencies. It is this care in reporting, and the wide variety of records it produced, that makes this reference so valuable.
In Land and Property Research in the United States, you will learn how to make use of a record type that is applicable to more people than any other record type. Full of maps, images, and illustrative diagrams, Land and Property Research in the United States the most comprehensive and useful review of land and property research for genealogists.
Land & Property Research in the United States is the most comprehensive and useful review of land and property research to date. Nowhere else will a researcher find the information on these important records so easily accessible. A "must have" for genealogists, title companies, law libraries, county government offices, and federal government employees.
