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Squatters, Pre-emptioners and Thieves: Early Land Records

Ruby Coleman

May 17, 2016

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Content

Introduction

5m 25s

Squatters

6m 0s

Doomsday Book

3m 16s

Acquiring Land Title

6m 48s

NC Land Warrants

7m 33s

Claims

2m 27s

Preemption Rights

2m 53s

Warrant Complications

3m 37s

Other Cessions

6m 42s

Ordinance of 1785

2m 11s

Preemptions

4m 49s

Land Acts

4m 37s

Private Claims

24m 6s

Preemption Act 1841

1m 58s

Claim Associations

1m 51s

General Land Office

20m 41s

Land-Entry Case Files

30s

Tract Book Locations

2m 39s

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About this webinar

Land records are paramount in genealogical research. Learn about your ancestors who may have been squatters, a member of a claim club or transferred their presumptions. Land laws were often abused and those who took advantage of them are also discussed.

About the speaker

Ruby Coleman

Ruby Coleman, who resides in North Platte, Nebraska, spends a good deal of her time doing genealogical research on her families in Nebraska and the plains states, and also professionally. She has live...

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