Finding U.S. Land Records

http://www.scchgs.org/meetinghandouts/Wallace__US_Land_Records_Apr_2016.pdf

I found an excellent summary of how to find U.S. land records from the Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society in Santa Clara, California. The Society also has a valuable list of indexes to local Santa Clara County records. This website is an excellent example of the type of information available from local historical and genealogical societies.

http://www.scchgs.org/index.htm

I found this particular website while investigating federal land records on the Bureau of Land Management website and land records on Ancestry.com. I have often needed a map of the principal meridians and baselines and found one on the BLM.gov website.

This is an example of how research can proceed on the Internet. Here is a further link I found on the society webpage to the Santa Clara City Library:

Also, don't forget to search and local libraries and museums.

http://santaclaraca.gov/government/departments/library