jtrump and all other list members: This is in response to messages from several people who wanted to know if anyone answered my property records query. The answer is yes, several kind souls did and I appreciate each and every one of them and I assume that not one of them would object to my sharing the info they provided--so here it is in a nutshell. The Federal Bureau of Land Management site is very useful and provides information about initial land purchases from the government. Their search engine is excellent. For instance, if you enter the first 3 or 4 letters of a surname plus the percent sign % you can look at similar names, but with many different spellings at one time. I found this very useful because of the various ways my surname has been spelled, i.e. different vowels in different places within the name. Warning, I just tried to access the site and couldn't. Evidently it was too busy, because the following address worked yesterday. Just click on the blue and select the "launch" option to get to the site. <A HREF="http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/">Home - BLM GLO Records</A> Also I received a message from a nice person at the Putnam County Library's Cyril Johnson Genealogy Room who told me that if a record exists it will be in the library. Further, this nice person told me that the old record books are now being cataloged. What a wonderful service. Thanks again to every one who responded to my query. Nell
Thanks for passing it on, Nell! Lisa Trump ----- Original Message ----- From: <Ngronberg@aol.com> To: <INPUTNAM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 3:32 PM Subject: [INPUTNAM] RESPONSE TO PUTNAM COUNTY LAND RECORDS QUESTION > jtrump and all other list members: > > This is in response to messages from several people who wanted to know if > anyone answered my property records query. The answer is yes, several kind > souls did and I appreciate each and every one of them and I assume that not > one of them would object to my sharing the info they provided--so here it is > in a nutshell. > > The Federal Bureau of Land Management site is very useful and provides > information about initial land purchases from the government. Their search > engine is excellent. For instance, if you enter the first 3 or 4 letters of > a surname plus the percent sign % you can look at similar names, but with > many different spellings at one time. I found this very useful because of > the various ways my surname has been spelled, i.e. different vowels in > different places within the name. Warning, I just tried to access the site > and couldn't. Evidently it was too busy, because the following address > worked yesterday. Just click on the blue and select the "launch" option to > get to the site. <A HREF="http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/">Home - BLM GLO Records</A> > > Also I received a message from a nice person at the Putnam County Library's > Cyril Johnson Genealogy Room who told me that if a record exists it will be > in the library. Further, this nice person told me that the old record books > are now being cataloged. What a wonderful service. > > Thanks again to every one who responded to my query. > > Nell > > > > > > ==== INPUTNAM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe follow the instructions in the welcome message. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >