At 08:49 PM 4/18/01 -0500, you wrote: >Seeking information on the process of acquiring Federal land in the 1850s. > >How did this work? Did the settler go to the land office and buy the next available parcel of land or did they first find some unoccupied land and then go to the land office and buy it? Some of the purchases I've seen are for parcels of unconnected land -- 40 acres here and 80 acres there -- purchased at the same time. I wonder how much they knew about the land before they bought it (water, roads, etc.). > >Ken > They probably looked at it, they knew what was available, and if they didn't or couldn't look at it they hired an agent. Called a Real Estate person today. Things really don't/haven't changed much. Maggi > >==== MOMARIES Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > >