FS: TAX , LAND & PROPERTY RESEARCH
Stuart Nixon
FS: TAX RECORDS, LAND & PROPERTY RESEARCH --- HEARTHSTONE BOOKSHOP
THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO USING TAX LISTS. Cornelius Carroll, 60 pp., ill.,
rep. 1997 (1996). An overview of the facts, techniques, and quirks the
researcher needs to know when working in these important records. Paper.
(Item #: GE-289 $11.95)
TOWNSHIP ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES. Jay Andriot (comp.), 1,508 pp., ind., maps,
1991. For each of the 48 contiguous states, the following are presented: a state
map and corresponding county guide, an individual State index listing all
subdivisions alphabetically, county maps showing the Census County Divisions
and/or the Minor Civil Divisions, and state maps showing the townships resulting
from a Public Land Survey when applicable. The complete Index identifies all
subdivisions, followed by the county and state in which each is located. A
detailed explanation of the Public Land Surveys is located in the front of this
atlas, with maps. Paper. (Item #: GE-311 $85.00)
GENEALOGICAL & BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH--A SELECT CATALOG OF NATIONAL ARCHIVES
MICROFILM PUBLICATIONS. National Archives Trust Fund Board, xii, 77 pp., rep. 1996
(1993). How to order land claims, tax records, naturalizations, and other federal
records on microfilm. Paper. (Item #: GE-021 $3.95)
THE BASIC RESEARCHER'S GUIDE TO HOMESTEADS & OTHER FEDERAL LAND RECORDS.
James C. Barsi, 80 pp., ill., biblio., maps, 1994. Detailed guide to
obtaining and using records of homesteads or other federal land claims.
Suggests research strategies for those who do not know much about their
ancestor's claim, or who have hit an obstacle. Paper. (Item #: GE-223 $12.95)
LAND & PROPERTY RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES. E. Wade Hone, xiv, 517 pp., ill.,
ind., maps, 1997. This indispensble topic for genealogists goes back further in
time and applies to more persons than almost any other type of record. Land
records have suffered fewer losses than other types. Major sections of this book
encompass Pre-U.S. Possessions, State-Land States, Federal-Land States, Individual
Lands, and Special-Interest Lands, including Native American land records. Also
included are a tract book and township plat map guide to Federal land states, and
land office boundary maps for all such states. Cloth. (Item #: GE-275 $49.95)
GRASSROOTS OF AMERICA--A COMPUTERIZED INDEX TO THE AMERICAN STATE PAPERS, LAND
GRANTS AND CLAIMS, 1789-1837. Phillip W. McMullin, xxvii, 489 pp., glossary, maps,
rep. 1994 (1990). If you have ancestors who lived in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill.,
Ind., Iowa, La., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Ohio, or Wisc. before 1837, this index
may provide you valuable clues. It is a listing of all names found in federal
documents published in the 1830s concerning public lands and claims. If you find a
name of interest here, you are referred to the American State Papers for the full
reference. Cloth. (Item #: GE-180 $49.50)
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES PRELIMINARY INVENTORY OF THE LAND ENTRY PAPERS OF
THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Harry P. Yoshpe & Philip P. Brower (comps.), 77
pp., 1996 (1949). A finding aid to the land-entry records of the 29
"public land states" and Alaska. The lands were dispensed by patents,
military bounty awards, etc. through district land offices. Paper. (Item #: GE-257
$14.75)
WOMEN AND THE LAW OF PROPERTY IN EARLY AMERICA. Marylynn Salmon, xvii,
267 pp., ind., biblio., 1986. Particularly useful for tracing female
lines, this book explains women's legal rights regarding property during
the period 1750-1830, and examines to what extent these rights were
upheld in court cases (divorce, inheritance, etc.). Paper. (Item #: WO-009 $16.95)
INHERITANCE IN AMERICA FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT. Carole Shammas
et al., xiii, 320 pp., ind., rep. 1997 (1987). Traces the evolution of
English inheritance law as it was transferred to the American colonies,
and how it has changed from the 1700s to the 1980s. Along the way, women
and children gained more rights, although uniformity among the states was
not attained. Now, with new demographics, state governmental actions, and
Federal Estate Tax law, there is an "unfinished revolution" in testamentary
practices. This annotated, interdisciplinary study illustrates its text with many
Figures and Tables. A section of particular interest contains charts that
summarize the inheritance laws in each state in 1890 and in 1982. Paper. (Item #:
GE-274 $19.95)
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