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    1. [TXBASTRO] Texas Land Records
    2. Sara M. Bettencourt
    3. Hello, Noticed your interesting post about your EUFINGER family. The Texas General Land Office can provide you copies of whatever documents it has on the land certificate transfer. The website is: www.glo.state.tx.us/ I obtained the following from this website: For questions about land grant records or any of the GLO historical programs, contact the Archives & Records Division at 512-463-5277. For specific questions about land titles before 1836, contact Galen Greaser at 512-463-5270. The Archives Research Room is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 AM until 6:00 PM (CST). Texas General Land Office 1700 North Congress Avenue Archives and Records Division Austin, Texas 78701-1495 In general I can tell you that people receiving land grants from the State of Texas were not awarded land in a specific place. In your case, apparently EUFINGER was entitled to 640 acres -- and then it would have been up to him to locate the specific 640 he wanted (assuming it was still available) and apply for a patent. It was quite common to transfer land certificates -- but this did not mean that title to a specific tract of land was being transferred. Only the "right" to X acres was being transferred. Good luck with your search, Sara in Houston

    05/19/2000 04:49:33