When one reads deeds, particularly commissioners deeds, of Madison Co. wherein the heirs of a landowner of Madison Co. are selling their inherited property, one will frequently find the name of a resident of Missouri--or the name of a spouse of a female heir. This may puzzle you because you do not find this couple in the cenuses of Kentucky. Well--there is Missouri!!! This URL may help you locate some land-owners of Missouri. It is an index only. Perhaps those more familiar with the peculiarities of the internet may find the original patent, but I believe you have to send off for it. Here is the URL Remove any punctuation which rootsweb may add--to keep down spam, hackers, et al. _http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/_ (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/) Unless you have a VERY common surname, type in the surname but specify Missouri. The better list is that of the Land Patents--not the surveys--although you may find something interesting there too. The warrant and then the survey preceded the issuance of the patent, which may have taken a number of years to acquire. Not everyone who got permission to do a survey hung around long enough to acquire a patent!!! Or had not enough money! Read up on Land Records in a reference book such as The Source and other good genealogical reference books. Good luck!!! E.W.Wallace ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

I can relate to this and they were residing in Missouri with Land in Kentucky and in the Missouri county and sometimes in the Ky. Deed book an affidavit of the assignment of an agent, and they are on the tax record in Missouri, if you are lucky they also appear in the Missouri Census. The agent was often a family member residing in Ky. ,at the time of the record. -----Original Message----- From: madky-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:madky-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Hdanw@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 6:50 PM To: MADKY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MADKY] A Possible People-Finder for Early Residents of Missouri When one reads deeds, particularly commissioners deeds, of Madison Co. wherein the heirs of a landowner of Madison Co. are selling their inherited property, one will frequently find the name of a resident of Missouri--or the name of a spouse of a female heir. This may puzzle you because you do not find this couple in the cenuses of Kentucky. Well--there is Missouri!!! This URL may help you locate some land-owners of Missouri. It is an index only. Perhaps those more familiar with the peculiarities of the internet may find the original patent, but I believe you have to send off for it. Here is the URL Remove any punctuation which rootsweb may add--to keep down spam, hackers, et al. _http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/_ (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/) Unless you have a VERY common surname, type in the surname but specify Missouri. The better list is that of the Land Patents--not the surveys--although you may find something interesting there too. The warrant and then the survey preceded the issuance of the patent, which may have taken a number of years to acquire. Not everyone who got permission to do a survey hung around long enough to acquire a patent!!! Or had not enough money! Read up on Land Records in a reference book such as The Source and other good genealogical reference books. Good luck!!! E.W.Wallace ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MADKY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message