http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ These states are available, dates of records available vary: example- I searched the IL records for HUNT: The following list is incomplete due to an administrative limit of 200 results. This is page 1 of 10. so there are more than 200 hits for HUNT in IL alone. Alabama Land Patents Arkansas Land Patents Florida Land Patents Illinois Land Patents Indiana Land Patents Louisiana Land Patents Michigan Land Patents Minnesota Land Patents Mississippi Land Patents Missouri Land Patents Ohio Land Patents Wisconsin Land Patents    They have Viewers listed there, (click on "Get Image Viewer") or the viewer from the VA library Website will work also. http://image.vtls.com/ss_services/vtlstif.html