To answer questions that I've received about the site ... It doesn't have a genealogy page. I use it to place my family members in a certain location at a certain time. For instance, I knew the names of my husband's ggrandparents and that their boys were born in South Dakota. So I looked for HUNDLEY in South Dakota and happened to find his ggrandmother's name as a homesteader. This gave me the location (township, range, etc) and year of proof of claims. From there I have been able to contact the county assessor, received a map of the county with townships from the state school office, been in contact with the current owners who are sending pictures (the land has been in their family since ggrandmother lost it to the bank). It also places ggrandparents in a certain location for a certain number of years. I sent for the homestead paperwork (about umpteen dozen pages!) and gained an insight into ggrandmother. She started the claim on her own after being widowed by her first husband. Finding this information broke a HUGE wall for me and connected me with all the other HUNDLEYs after a lot of other searches that were created by this information. I also sent for three sets of papers on my family in Coos county, Oregon and the paperwork for my children's father's family in eastern Washington. That wheat ranch has been in the family for five generations. Keep in mind, it's hit or miss, and maybe mostly miss. Not all of our ancestors filed for homesteads. But when they did, it's a ripe place for information. Good hunting! Dot Hosking Huntley in SW Oregon ===================== Sorry about that! It's www.glorecords.blm.gov ======================= WHOO-HOO!!! Just discovered the Bureau of Land Management's web site is back on line and looking even better than ever. Couldn't have waited much longer. They've been a major source of chips in my block walls. Dot Hosking Huntley in S(unny) W(arm) Oregon Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by Norton Anti-Virus