Bethany -- Please let us all know when you find it! I have not encountered this in genealogy, but in a previous life in central Illinois it was called "contract for deed" and the purchaser got no equity until he or she had fully paid the price (as I recall); not sure if the contracts were recorded anywhere. I suspect a lot of local variation in legal practice and terminology. If your counties of interest had WPA inventories of county records, you might peruse that and see whether there was a legal statement of what records of this sort were supposed to be kept and where. Harold On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Bethany Waterbury < bethanywaterbury@gmail.com> wrote: > While we are talking about land records... > > Does anyone know of a good resource that discusses Land Contracts as a way > of acquiring property? I have had several cases lately in which it > appeared as though a land contract had been used (late 19th and early 20th > century land/property transfers in Michigan). I don't know a lot about the > process and therefore don't know what records would have been created (and > thus should be searched for). > > Bethany Waterbury > Ancestor Hound Research > East Lansing, Michigan > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Harold Henderson midwestroots.net Research, Writing, and Brickwall Dismantling from Northwest Indiana Regularly Researching at the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Certified Genealogist (SM) No. 1029 Certified Genealogist and CG are proprietary service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists® used by the Board to identify its program of genealogical competencyevaluation and used under license by the Board’s associates.