Thursday, October 22, 2009

SLIG - American Land and Court Records

Patricia Law Hatcher, FASG, will be teaching about the intricacies of American (U.S.) land and court records. The focus of this course will be on an overview of important record groups and concepts, as well as on the use of case studies to teach students how to solve genealogical problems using both land and court records.

Topics covered will include:
  • Why Use Land Records? Because...
  • Court Records - Far More Varied Than We Realize
  • The Language of Land
  • The Language of Court
  • How Do You Find Court Records?
  • Land and Court on the Internet
  • Naturalization: Law by Law, Court by Court
  • Following the Crumbs: Tracing Your Family through Land Records
  • Computer Tools for Land
  • First Transfer of Land
  • Colonial Land Records - Proof and Possibility
  • Federal Land System - Origin and Survey
  • Bounty Land
  • Case Studies from Court Records
  • Probate Processes
  • Maps for Land and Property Research
  • Finding and Ancestral Home
  • Federal Courts
  • Land Platting Made Easy
  • The Taxman Cometh, Year after Year after Year
  • Registration for this course is still open and can be completed at www.infouga.org.

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