This is mis-leading, and applies ONLY to Pennsylvania. Eric > [Original Message] > From: Richard Emlin Reed <remlinr@tampabay.rr.com> > To: <PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 8/9/2006 6:10:10 PM > Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] RE: [PaOldC] Warrant Registers With Green Covers, 1733-1957 > > See http://www.innernet.net/hively/PALand/About%20PA%20Land%20Records.htm > This lists the 5 steps to acquire land: Application to warrant, Warrant, > Survey, Application to patent, and Patent. The warrant was the order to > survey the land. The patent was the title to the land. The state was the > warrantor and the patentor; the person applying for the warrant was the > warantee; and the person applying for the patent was the patentee. The > warrants were transferrable; and were often passed down from generation to > generation; and, it is my understanding, could be sold. > Richard Emlin Reed > Wesley Chapel, FL > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce Fosnocht" <bfosnocht@charter.net> > To: <PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 1:00 PM > Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] RE: [PaOldC] Warrant Registers With Green Covers, > 1733-1957 > > > > For the novice as to land records, who can define the warrantee and the > > patentee? > > > > Bruce Fosnocht > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ed Wevodau" <wevo@verizon.net> > > To: <PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 12:00 AM > > Subject: [PALANCAS] RE: [PaOldC] Warrant Registers With Green Covers, > > 1733-1957 > > > > > >>I would agree that I have never seen such a fine genealogical resource so > >> well hidden. > >> > >> In fact, on the same link page, one can find scanned images of the patent > >> indices--a valuable resource if you know the patentee but not the > >> warrantee. > >> > >> Archivist Jonathan Stayer recently informed me that digital copies of > >> both > >> original warrants and original surveys should follow over a two-to-five > >> year > >> period. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== > >> This is your list use and enjoy for genealogy. > > > > > > ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== > > List Owner can be reached for help with the list at > > PALANCAS-Admin@rootsweb.com > > > ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== > http//www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html > You are responsible for following the A.U.P. > Acceptable Use Policy

Oh, I'm so sorry; the subject led me to assume that we were discussing Pennsylvania. http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/land/rn20_landoffice.htm suggests that Virginia also used warrants, surveys, and patents. Perhaps other colonies/states did, too. I offer my apologies to anyone who was mislead by my post. Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Olson" <ericbear01@earthlink.net> To: <PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] RE: [PaOldC] Warrant Registers With Green Covers, 1733-1957 > This is mis-leading, and applies ONLY to Pennsylvania. > > Eric > > >> [Original Message] >> From: Richard Emlin Reed <remlinr@tampabay.rr.com> >> To: <PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: 8/9/2006 6:10:10 PM >> Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] RE: [PaOldC] Warrant Registers With Green Covers, > 1733-1957 >> >> See http://www.innernet.net/hively/PALand/About%20PA%20Land%20Records.htm >> This lists the 5 steps to acquire land: Application to warrant, Warrant, >> Survey, Application to patent, and Patent. The warrant was the order to >> survey the land. The patent was the title to the land. The state was the >> warrantor and the patentor; the person applying for the warrant was the >> warantee; and the person applying for the patent was the patentee. The >> warrants were transferrable; and were often passed down from generation >> to >> generation; and, it is my understanding, could be sold. >> Richard Emlin Reed >> Wesley Chapel, FL >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bruce Fosnocht" <bfosnocht@charter.net> >> To: <PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 1:00 PM >> Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] RE: [PaOldC] Warrant Registers With Green Covers, >> 1733-1957 >> >> >> > For the novice as to land records, who can define the warrantee and the >> > patentee? >> > >> > Bruce Fosnocht >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Ed Wevodau" <wevo@verizon.net> >> > To: <PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> >> > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 12:00 AM >> > Subject: [PALANCAS] RE: [PaOldC] Warrant Registers With Green Covers, >> > 1733-1957 >> > >> > >> >>I would agree that I have never seen such a fine genealogical resource > so >> >> well hidden. >> >> >> >> In fact, on the same link page, one can find scanned images of the > patent >> >> indices--a valuable resource if you know the patentee but not the >> >> warrantee. >> >> >> >> Archivist Jonathan Stayer recently informed me that digital copies of >> >> both >> >> original warrants and original surveys should follow over a >> >> two-to-five >> >> year >> >> period. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== >> >> This is your list use and enjoy for genealogy. >> > >> > >> > ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== >> > List Owner can be reached for help with the list at >> > PALANCAS-Admin@rootsweb.com >> >> >> ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== >> http//www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html >> You are responsible for following the A.U.P. >> Acceptable Use Policy > > > > ==== PALANCAS Mailing List ==== > http//www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html > You are responsible for following the A.U.P. > Acceptable Use Policy