For Donaldsons to be a not too common name I am impressed with the number who migrated to Missouri as ours did, If you have not searched this sight,try it. Bureau of Land Management. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ I found some of my John F. Donaldsons land grant records of Randolph Co. Click on Missouri,then enter the name. For some reason I have to click to receive a "cookie" to go on to the records,did not receive the "cookie", strange