Miss Marcia, I do thank you for the post to the list!!! And even though it was not meant for me really, I went into that site and found where my great grandfather owned land, etc. Without your post, I would still be wondering about that. I have not found his internment site, but know when he died and am researching the web for the cemetary . The Hancock page didn't have anything on him and was about to give up, but then tonight I found his land in JODAVIESS County. We had been told he died in Warsaw, which is Hancock Co.. I have found a worldwide cemetary listing and am researching there. Again Thank you. Mary masdal@ala.net -----Original Message----- From: Majorville@aol.com <Majorville@aol.com> To: ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com <ILHANCOC-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, May 14, 2000 9:49 PM Subject: [ILHANCOC] Military Bounty Lands - help for Kristan > >Kristan, > >I have reviewed and printed (printed on parchment style paper they look >grand) a number of documents from the Bureau of Land Management website >(http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/) for lands granted to or purchased by my >family members. In each of those documents, there has been a handwritten >statement describing the location of the township in relationship to a >designated range and principal meridian. > >I looked at your Stophlett document at the GLO site and it doesn't include >all of the same informational points that I have seen in my documents. But, >also note that the Stophlett document doesn't itself name Hancock County. > >The quick answer to your question, I think, is that the folks at BLM knew >from which land office your document was issued and thereby determined that >your ancestor's land was in what is known today as Hancock County, allowing >Hancock County to be used as a parameter for a search. > >Regarding whether or not he had to actually take possession of the land, I >believe the answer is no, that the recipients could sell their parcels if >they chose to do so. > >I found additional helpful information at the following sites: > >>From the Hancock County page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilhancoc/ >select PUBLIC DOMAIN LAND SALE RECORDS >then select How to determine the location of public domain lands. > >The State of Indiana's website >http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/Indiana/genealogy/genmenu.html >includes a good overview on how, in 1785, the federal government began using >the rectangular survey system and other helpful information. > >I also found an informative tutorial at the website belonging to the >International Internet Genealogical Society. > >I have a number ancestors who were located in Hancock County and it's been >interesting for me to use the descriptions from the land documents to plot >the locations of their lands to see where they all lived in relationship to >each other. > >Marcia Farina > >