Boschong Subscribers, The Bureau of Land Management is now using Google Earth so that you can actually see where the tract of land is located for any Homestead Patent or Land Grant. It is the coolest thing! Here are the instructions for navigating the site: Go to: www.glorecords.blm.gov When the site opens look for the Green area at the top and click on SEARCH DOCUMENTS When this opens, you will see several boxes For LOCATION - Select the State you want to explore For NAMES - Use only the last Name BUSHONG to get a better selection For LAND DESCRIPTION - Leave it on ANY MERIDIAN Then click SEARCH When the site opens with the various Bushongs pick the one you want to explore such as JOHN S. BUSHONG On JOHN S. BUSHONG or whoever you are exploring first click on IMAGE to get the legal description like I just posted. You can print or write this out. Then go back and explore ACCESSION. Click on the symbol next to the name under Accession. One it opens this is the page that will have the map. Above the map is a little box that says MAP. Check this and then the map will appear with the Section in light orange and the tract in darker orange. The darker orange is the tract of the person you are exploring. On the left side you will see a little sliding scale to zoom in and out with for a closer look at the property. Move it very slowly until you can read the names of the streets and highways. You can also take you mouse and move it around to explore what roads, city, water ways, etc are near the tract. This is really a cool tool. And if it has been filmed it on Google image using all this, you can find it at Google Earth and see the property as if you were standing on it. Good luck and have fun! Gloria Neiger Bushong