RDW & Peter I had sent this info a couple of days ago but did not see it come back to me and so you redo it. The land is smack dab in the very center of the Rez and in Sawyer County. The questions are: Who holds title/rights at this time and how did they obtain title. The main Sawyer County web page: http://sawyercountygov.org/ Maps that show quite clearly where the land is situated are accessible from: http://sawyercountygov.org/Maps/SCMain.htm Look at all three, I personally have already saved a copy,you should save these. Larry Friend (Black Buffalo) niidji@mchsi.com > Peter wrote on Thu, 25 Nov 2004 : > > >Hi RDW, > > > ... and i can pay you a little for running it down. > > There are times it is appropriate for hiring a researcher, but this > ain't one of 'em (and I'm neither a genealogist nor a land-title > expert so it wouldn't be me in any case ... ) > > Moving right along ... > > Peter, if you have a computer online at home you can probably do your > own research, most of it literally as "homework" ... if you don't > have one at home, get thee to your public library where you will find > both internet terminals for public use AND the (free) services of a > professional researcher = never underestimate the importance of a good > Public Librarian who can develop a strategy to find the information > you seek, and show you the tools to do it with. > > First thing is to precisely locate the land as described on the range > / township description -- once you've got that you can locate very > easily on modern [ a De Lorme state atlas, a map of the County or > Reserve, county plat map, etc.] > > Summary of range/township survey system : > http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/PLSS.asp > > Libraries often have plat maps, often in 19th century atlas with range > / twp data clearly shown. > > And you can get 1915 plats of Sawyer County here : > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wisawyer/1915plat.htm > > Once you're sure you can locate the parcel properly, go to the > jurisdiction(s) in which it rests -- Sawyer County and/or the Lac > Court Oreilles reserve are going to have histories of who owned / paid > taxes on every parcel in their domain, but only in their original form > = you have to go to them. Call first and identify the property to > them, etc. > > I found no patent for that parcel at Bureau of Land Management site : > http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ > which isn't a surprise, given it was an allotment and not a sale or > grant. People researching land records need to know, however, that one > can search backwards from a rang / township location using BLM's > "Standard" search (state level) page -- you don't need or have to rely > on surnames. > > --- > > You probably do want to look for more than allotments -- records of > annuity payments and tribal census / rolls, if they exist, may be > available from State of Wisconsin libraries / archives, or from a > research library (UW or State Historical Society, for instance), > and/or Great Lakes Regional or National Archives. You're going to have > to search several depositories. Do separate searches for tribe / band > name(s), treaty / annuity / allotment dates, etc. = you should have > all that data at hand along with the land location to find > genealogical data, search census records. > > Again, a Good Librarian can tune you in on the right search terms and > devices. Come back here if you're still having trouble; try to make > questions as specific as possible. > > regards - rdw > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >