The Bureau of Land Management site seems to be back up at: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ "We provide live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States. We also provide image access to more than two million Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908." These are records of the ORIGINAL purchase of land from the federal government. It has been up and down a lot in the last couple years due to a court battle. There is always the possibility that it will be taken down permanently. It seems unlikely to me but with the courts you never know. With that in mind you might want to move finding the original land record for your ancestors up on your to do list. Thanks to Dot for the heads up. Cheryl Rothwell logancty@mindspring.com Logan County, IL, Coordinator, ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas et al