To answer questions that I've received about the site ...
It doesn't have a genealogy page.
I use it to place my family members in a certain location at a certain time.
For instance, I knew the names of my husband's ggrandparents and that their
boys were born in South Dakota. So I looked for HUNDLEY in South Dakota and
happened to find his ggrandmother's name as a homesteader. This gave me the
location (township, range, etc) and year of proof of claims. From there I
have been able to contact the county assessor, received a map of the county
with townships from the state school office, been in contact with the
current owners who are sending pictures (the land has been in their family
since ggrandmother lost it to the bank). It also places ggrandparents in a
certain location for a certain number of years. I sent for the homestead
paperwork (about umpteen dozen pages!) and gained an insight into
ggrandmother. She started the claim on her own after being widowed by her
first husband. Finding this information broke a HUGE wall for me and
connected me with all the other HUNDLEYs after a lot of other searches that
were created by this information.
I also sent for three sets of papers on my family in Coos county, Oregon and
the paperwork for my children's father's family in eastern Washington. That
wheat ranch has been in the family for five generations.
Keep in mind, it's hit or miss, and maybe mostly miss. Not all of our
ancestors filed for homesteads. But when they did, it's a ripe place for
information.
Good hunting!
Dot Hosking Huntley
in SW Oregon
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Sorry about that! It's
www.glorecords.blm.gov
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WHOO-HOO!!! Just discovered the Bureau of Land Management's web site is
back on line and looking even better than ever. Couldn't have waited much
longer. They've been a major source of chips in my block walls.
Dot Hosking Huntley
in S(unny) W(arm) Oregon
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