Can anyone share their knowledge of land records? I've noticed that many times the name of the Warrantee is different from the Patentee. Does this mean that by the time the land was actually deeded, the original person who had applied for it had sold it to someone else? Would this have just been a "business deal" where someone applied for land grants just to resell them to others? I'm beginning to think that in cases where I know an ancestor lived in a certain area during this early period - I should search for his name as a Patentee rather than a Warrantee. Any advice is welcome. Angie