This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Thomas, Turner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qk.2ADI/2030.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Where and how would you search for his original land record in Iowa? I have a map showing where he owned land but nothing on how he acquired it. The 1879 History of Clinton County Iowa by Allen indicates how his father in-law acquired land but nothing about how John acquired his. His father in-law may have given it to him but I have not evidence of that. Dana Thomas