This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_904230262_boundary Content-ID: <0_904230262@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_904230262_boundary Content-ID: <0_904230262@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <dwest@aesrs4.ag.utk.edu> Received: from rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (rly-zc04.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.4]) by air-zc05.mail.aol.com (v49.4) with SMTP; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:57:51 -0400 Received: from aesrs4.ag.utk.edu (AESRS4.AG.UTK.EDU [128.169.15.197]) by rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with SMTP id UAA11200 for <Cavenaugh@aol.com>; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:57:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from NCDH01A24.RMT.UTK.EDU by aesrs4.ag.utk.edu (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA11413; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:50:31 -0400 Message-Id: <9808270050.AA11413@aesrs4.ag.utk.edu> Comments: Authenticated sender is <dwest@aesrs4.ag.utk.edu> From: "Dennis West" <dwest@aesrs4.ag.utk.edu> To: Cavenaugh@aol.com Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 21:01:24 +0000 Subject: Re: Land Patents Priority: normal In-Reply-To: <227725ee.35e4ab35@aol.com> X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.54) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mike wrote: > Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:41:23 EDT > To: dwest3@utk.edu > Subject: Re: Land Patents > Dear Dennis, > Thanks for responding to my message. The Archives in DC is close enough > to me from Baltimore that an in person trip may be best. I assume it would be > good to print off all the specifics before I go, but first I need to find the > one that turns me on. That website is new to me today, and there is plenty of > work to be done first. Thanks for the offer of the form. > > Mike Cavenaugh ================== If you are close enough to visit, Mike, I think you can take a copy of the certificate (which you said you printed), and that would have the information needed to find the file so they can copy all the documents. I just mailed a request for a homestead file. Someone on another list reported that there was a 40 question report that had to be completed by the applicant as well as 28 question reports that had to be filed by two witnesses. Don't know what the Bounty land or cash entry files would contain. Here is another url which explains a little about the files and and how to obtain copies. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/research.htm Dennis West in Knoxville, TN. --part0_904230262_boundary--