--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 07:38:51 -0700 From: Linda Zellmer <[log in to unmask]> Subject: New Web Sites--Check These Out Sender: Linda Zellmer <[log in to unmask]> To: 'MAPS-L' <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Linda Zellmer <[log in to unmask]> Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> ---- Hello All, In the event that you are not aware of this resource, I thought I would post the information. The last few years, the Bureau of Land Management has been automating their land records and releasing CD-ROMs indexing homesteads, cash entry patents, etc. This means that the genealogists we deal with finally have a source to search for the exact location of Grandpa's homestead, farm or whatever. So far, they have released 10 CDs, which may or may not have been passed on to your Map Collection. A sample cash entry patent record, showing the name of the patentee and the location of the patent is below. Before you go to your local documents librarian to beg for these disks, I suggest that you check out the BLM's new web site titled "The Official Land Patent Records Site" at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. >From this site, you can search for land records from any of 11 states AND view a scanned image of each patent record. To view the scanned images, you must be running a very current edition of Netscape or Explorer (BLM recommends 4.0). Also of interest, the U.S. Geological Survey is beginning to work on a revised National Atlas of the United States. They have an interactive map browser that on the Web at http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/. Both of these sites are worth checking out. Linda Zellmer *********************************************************************** Linda Zellmer Map Librarian Arizona State University Libraries P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 Phone: (602) 965-5973 Fax: (602) 965-0883 EMail: [log in to unmask] Sample Cash Entry Patent: ACCESS_NR: OH0790__.487 IMAGE_NAME: 00015958 VOL_ID: 052 IMAGE_TYPE: L DESCRIP_NR: 1 ALIQUOT_PT: W«NE SECTION_NR: 4 TOWNSHIP: 4 N RANGE: 14 E MERIDAN_CD: 1ST PRINCIPAL TOTAL_ACRE: 88.8600 FRAC_SECT: N PATENT_L_N: SPOHN PATENT_F_N: HENRY PATENT_M_I L_O_CODE: TIFFIN DOCUMENT_N: 4092 MISC_DOC_N: TITLE_AUTH: CASH ENTRY SALE SIGNATURE: Y SIGN_DATE: 1830/12/06 METES_BOUN: N SURVY_DATE: WARR_L_NAM: WARR_F_NAM: CANCEL_DOC: N MULT_PATEN: N MULT_WARR: N REMARKS: --- End Forwarded Message ---