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From: "RICHARD ORTIZ" <>
Subject: Fw: Texas Land Grants (AB)
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:31:21 -0500

Subject: Texas Land Grants (AB)


> TEXAS LAND TITLE ABSTRACTS
>
> This database is a quick and ready reference to original land grants in
> Texas issued by the successive governments of Spain, Mexico, the
> Republic of Texas, and the State of Texas. It lists, by counties, the
> names of the original grantees (the individuals or companies that
> obtained the initial right to claim part of the public domain), the
> patentees (the person or company listed on the patent that formally
> conveys land out of the public domain at the conclusion of the land
> granting process), the land grant class, the location of the
> corresponding file and patent in the archives of the Texas General
> Land Office, the date of patent, and the acreage. These original land
> grant records are maintained by the Archives and Records Division of
> the Texas General Land Office (TGLO) and are arranged by the 38
> land districts into which the 254 counties of Texas are divided. The
> database page's extended description shows the three-letter code for
> each land district.
>
> For an overview of Texas land grants and a description of land grant
> categories (headrights, military grants, scrip) visit
>
> http://www.glo.state.tx.us/archives/info.html
>
> A brief history of land grant in Texas will be found at
>
> http://www.glo.state.tx.us/history
>
> This database includes only original land grants. Records pertaining
> to all subsequent sales, conveyances, transfers, or alienations of the
> land should be sought in the county deed records of the county or
> counties where the land is located.
>
> The Texas General Land Office offers a name search service on names
> found in this database. The name submission form can be accessed
> from the main database page at
>
> http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5112.htm
>
> Visit this page for more information about the service and other database
> details.
>
> Source Information: Ancestry.com, "Texas Land Title Abstracts."
> database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.
>
> Original Data: Texas General Land Office. "Abstracts of All Original
> Texas Land Titles Comprising Grants and Locations." Austin, Texas:
> __, 19--.
>
> SOURCE: Angel Brown, Lexington, Texas
>

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