Family History Scavenger Hunt

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Family History Scavenger Hunt - 15 June 2020

All correct responses received before 8:00 pm EST on June 15 will be considered as entries in the door prize drawing. The prize today is a 1-year subscription to Newspapers.com.

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Today's Challenge

We are now on Day #15. I hope you were able to find some useful information yesterday at Wikipedia’s List of Online Newspaper Archives. Today we will research land records from the Bureau of Land Management’s General Land Office Records (https://glorecords.blm.gov/).

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Land Patents and Surveys can provide information about neighbors and the kind of land your ancestors may have owned. They also place your ancestors in context with their surroundings.

Question #1. Search the Land Patents database for James A Walker in Lake County, Florida. In what Section, Township and Range is his property located?

Question #2. On what date was the Land Patent issued To James A Walker?

Question #3. How many acres were included in the parcel he purchased?

Question #4. Look at the related documents and find the Tract Book for the area where his property is located. How much did the land cost?

Question #5. Find the date of sale for the property in the Tract Book. When did James purchase the property?

Bonus Question (optional). Find the Land Survey map for the area around James A Walker’s property. What is the name of the large lake to the southeast of his property?

Comments. What did you think of this task? Was it too easy? Too difficult? Just right? Did you have fun exploring the General Land Office website?

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