Hi. I thought I'd share this interesting site with everyone on the List: The Bureau of Land Management - Eastern United States, General Land Office (1820-1908) Land Patent Records Site for the following States: AL/AR/FL/IN/LA/MI/MN/MS/MO/OH/WI Just visit the following site: www.glorecords.blm.gov <A HREF="http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/">BLM - ES, GLO Records - Home</A> To search land patents, enter your local postal code: The postal code information is for demographic purposes only For example, I chose Indiana, and entered "Shaw" chose a "Genealogical Search," and it returned 20 hits. Select one of the highlighted hits, and it will show you the information. You can also view a scanned image of the original document takes a few minutes, but worth the wait.