tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post7682419147987083218..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: More Land Patents in Cheyenne County, Kansas for Devier Smith and Della SmithRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-38355856288372283602013-07-26T15:48:09.872-07:002013-07-26T15:48:09.872-07:00You might find entries for these sections in the ...You might find entries for these sections in the BLM Tract Books 1820-1908 (on FamilySearch.org) of interest.<br /><br />The State listing is here:<br />https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Frecords%2Fwaypoint%2FM9MG-2TZ%3A366626776%3Fcc%3D2074276<br /><br />Check Kansas Vol. 88, which has the low-number Townships of Range 40W; especially pages 25 and 28 (images 26 and 29).<br /><br />There are entries here that show as grants on the BLM/GLOrecords site, which were evidently relinquished as homesteads (?) and specifically converted to Cash Entry.<br />Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-17396777638869706482013-07-26T14:09:55.704-07:002013-07-26T14:09:55.704-07:00Oops, that should read "Desert Lands".Oops, that should read "Desert Lands".Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217841938660671388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-17568906725585235222013-07-26T14:06:20.725-07:002013-07-26T14:06:20.725-07:00There are a lot of ways a person may have acquired...There are a lot of ways a person may have acquired title to land from the federal government. Each and every one of those ways is because a specific public or private act of Congress allowed for the transfer.<br /><br />Obviously, the Homestead Act is the most famous of these acts. But many people also got land through acts such as Timber Culture and Deseret Lands. The BLM GLO site notes in each case which public or private act was the basis for the transfer of title.<br /><br />The particular documents that will be in the GLO's land entry file for the transfer varies. Typically, the more time involved in the transfer, and the more "proving up" that the person seeking land had to do, the more documents there are. But you can never say for sure that a particular type of land entry file will, or will not be genealogically useful. They should always be sought, which is of course what the Reasonably Exhaustive Search of the GPS requires.<br /><br />Also, there is a limitation to the BLM GLO website what is not well understood by most genealogists. At least for now, that site ONLY references land transfers that were completed. NARA has thousands of land entry files for transfers that were NOT completed. Such as for a person who began homesteading a tract of land and then gave up on it. Or had their claim "jumped" by the railroad, etc. So while the BLM GLO website is an important tool to learn about how an ancestor interacted with the Federal government's land offices, it is not yet a comprehensive tool for that purpose.<br /><br />Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04217841938660671388noreply@blogger.com