Location, Location, Location - Tracking family history through land records

Land records are an important but under-utilized record set in your genealogy research. In many regions, land stayed in the family for generations, passing from father to child. Sometimes it was sold, other times it was inherited. Adjacent property ownership may help resolve questions about marriages or other relatives. This presentation will cover topics such as plat maps, deeds, and property transfers to piece together families, relations, and their movements. The presentation will also address federal land versus state land states, bounty lands, homesteads, deeds, probate records, agricultural schedules, maps, and other relevant records. Examples of how these can be used to discover lost family details will be discussed.