Some of you may have seen this site, but for those that haven't, you are going to become addicted!!! Every state isn't listed, but Ohio and MO are. Go to this site and put in your own zipcode so they can track where interested people are, hit Search land patents and you will see another screen. Select the state. On the next screen, put in the surname you are searching for under patentees name. You don't have to use a first name. I'll use Adair, as I see someone is looking for that. Go down to the lower part and hit genealogical search again. It will bring up ALL the Adairs that received land in Ohio. I'll select Andrew, since he's the first. Now it brings up that he paid cash, he went to Lima, Ohio and the lower part shows what you need to know. Jot down the Sec/Blk (35), the township (7-S) and the Range (5-E). You can also see that he was in Shelby County, but you don't really NEED that. That's just FYI. If you want to see your ancestor's signature, hit view the document. You can order it as well, if you want. But for the REALLY fun part...go back to the screen where you input the surname. I hit the "back" key twice. The first time it says "DATA MISSING". The 2nd time it comes back. NOW. Go to the lower half of it, and put in the data. Sec 35, township 7...then select s, range 5 and select 5 and hit genealogical search. NOW...here are your ancestor's neighbors! You know they married someone closeby. Chances are THESE are surnames you are familiar with! And hopefully, the FATHER of the spouse...so another generation back! It's great. I KNOW you'll enjoy this site! http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Joanne Scobee Morgan