This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CGC.2ACI/669.2 Message Board Post: An index of all land in Winnebago County was compiled in a book "Names Upon the Land" by Judith Wollangk. It can be found at the Oshkosh Public Library, Register of Deeds Rm 30 of the courthouse or can be purchased through the Winnebagoland Genealogical Society for $18. Otherwise, to purchase the land patent and application you must go through the Bureau of Land Management. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Only federal land patents are on this site. State patents must be obtained through the state. Wills - one index is in the Probate Office at the courthouse Rm 242 they closed during lunch. Early wills are then located at the Area Research Center at Polk Library. Also, be sure to check book 18 of the irregular land record index for early wills in the Register of Deeds Rm 170 at the courthouse. Good luck with your research.