-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [ILROOTS-L] Federal land purchases Resent-Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 11:47:26 -0800 (PST) Resent-From: ILROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:46:12 -0600 From: Susan Tortorelli <tort@starnetinc.com> Reply-To: ILROOTS-L@rootsweb.com To: ILROOTS-L@rootsweb.com References: <"Carolyn Tschudi" <ctschudi@wcta.net> At 10:23 AM 01/29/1999 -0600, you wrote: >Carolyn, > > You said you found a site inwhich several of your family members >purchased land from the Federal Government in the 1800's. > > Would you please share that site with me, so I may look up some of my >ancestors. Pre-1908 Illinois Land Patent Grants is at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Public Domain Land Sales with most being between 1815 to about 1880 is at gopher://gopher.uic.edu:70/11/library/libdb/landsale/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Illinois USGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilgenweb Illinois Ancestor Registry http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilgenweb/queries Shelby County ILGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilshelby/shelby.htm Stone County MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostone/stone.htm Barry County MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mobarry/barry.htm ==== ILROOTS Mailing List ==== Post a Message in the new Forum http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/messageboard/mbs.cgi?acct=mb220110 View Messages in the Old Forum http://www.bravenet.com/forum/show.asp?userid=ky10433