Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States, General Land Office Found a wonderful new site that was suggested by another list. Land Patents are now available through the Bureau of Land Management's Official Land Patent Records site and images of the actual patents are available: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ This is an example: ("Signature Date" is when land was actually rec'd) Patent Description IN0010__.445 Cancelled: N Document Nr. : 445 Misc. Document Nr. : Patentee Name: KIME, MICHAEL Warrantee Name: Authority: April 24, 1820: Cash Entry Sale (3 Stat. 566) Signature Present: Y Signature Date: 8/11/23 Metes/Bounds: N Survey Date: Subsurface Reserved: N Land Office: VINCENNES Comments: Legal Land Descriptions Nr. Aliquot Parts Sec/Blk Township Range Fract. Sect. Meridian Acres Counties 1 E½NW 24/ 1-S 9-W N 2ND PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN 80 PIKE Diana Davis email: ddavis@logicsouth.com Genealogical Website: http://www.my-ged.com/davis/