>Joe gave the link to BLM below but I think you would also want to contact the Gasconade Historical Society to see if they do lookups. They are volunteer -- so please be as precise with your request as possible. I didn't feel that asking them to do a land record lookup for my "John Brown" I have John Brown, give me some date. -- Joe L. Miller Research Coordinator - The Pinnell Family Network http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pinnell/ Missouri Archive File Manager, USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/mofiles.htm Missouri Tombstone Project Manager, USGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/missouri.html Coordinator of Crawford County, MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocrawfo/ United We Stand