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Evening Everyone,
For those of you who have been waiting for the returm of the BLM site you
will be interested in this press release......
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U.S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Eastern States
7450 Boston Boulevard
Springfield, Virginia 22153
Press Release
For Release Immediately
Contact: Terry Lewis (703) 440-1712
General Land Office Records Web Site
Reconnected in BLM-Eastern States
The Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States announced that its General
Land Office (GLO) Records Web site is now back on line at
www.glorecords.blm.gov. Title companies, historians, genealogists, and
other interested people can now once again obtain millions of historic
land title records from the thirty Public Land States (those States not
included in the original 13 Colonies), East and West, dating back to the
1780s. These fascinating and valuable records include homesteads,
patents, military warrants, and railroad grants. To date more than 4.2
million records have been scanned and imaged since the project began in
1989. This Web site provides a wealth of historical data and literally
tells the story of the settlement of the West.
"The GLO Records Web site is one of the most popular Web sites at the
Department of the Interior. The Web site offers customers the ability
to easily research and query the GLO database by name, land description,
and county, and view and print these historic documents from their homes
or offices, saving them time and money," said BLM-Eastern States
Director Mike Nedd.
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You can access this site by going to:
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
You might also enjoy checking out the FirstGov site at:
http://firstgov.gov/
Scroll down to the History, Arts, and Culture link for information of
interest to genealogists.
Take care and enjoy,
Emma
Well......
My clock says it is 11:35 p.m. here in Texas on a very pleasant Christmas
Eve. Hopefully, all your preparations are done and all is quiet....<g>. So...
now it is time for you to sit down, have a cup tea and relax a
bit......<deep relaxing sigh>.
Now.... here are some ideas you might like to try for those moments of
relaxation <g>...
First of all..... track Santa's travels by going to the NORAD web site.
http://www.noradsanta.org
Then go to google and type in the search terms:
Santa Claus Genealogy
It is amazing what you will find. It appears that genealogists do like
Santa Claus...<g>.
And then....... while you are on google try typing in any surname you are
interested in and then add another search term like.... History, Genealogy,
Family, etc.
Again... you can find all sorts of interesting information and sites.
or....
Try search terms like...
State Historical Societies
State Archives
It is amazing how many states are beginning to provide online data and
indexes to various information. It is rather fun to just explore.
And finally...... and most important..... I hope each of you is able to
spend time with those you love - reliving memories of the past and making new
memories for the future.
Merry Christmas,
Emma