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LAND RECORDS AND DEEDS

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        The following records are a part of the Bureau of Land Management
        Database for the states of Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

        Data edited and prepared by Joy Fisher, jfisher@ucla.edu. Presented
        on Perkins County, SDGenWeb with permission. This file
        may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations
        for their private use. All other rights reserved.

        Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval
        system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other
        means requires the written approval of the file's author.

        This file is part of the SDGENWEB Archives at:
       http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sd/sdfiles.htm
 

       South Dakota Land Patents Database

        The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) inherited the functions of the
        General Land Office when it was established by Congress in 1946. The
        South Dakota Land Patents Database, derived from General Land Office and
        BLM information, contains deeds (primarily patents) issued by the United
        States in the region now known as the State of South Dakota between 1859
        and 1995. While BLM has been referred to as "the Nations record keeper",
        it is the National Archives that actually keeps the files. The BLM,
        maintains diagrammatic plats known as Master Title Plats, which depict
        lands which are owned by the United States and lands which are patented.
        However, these plats do not have any information about who the lands were
        patented to. That information which has only been available after tedious
        research, it is available now in this database.

        The South Dakotaa Land Patents Database contains the following information for
        each land transaction: date, location (township, range, section, meridian),
        name of person the land was patented to, case type, conveyance type, county,
        and the patent document identification number.

        Using this information you can obtain copies of the patent file for $10 from
        the National Archives at the following address:

                Reference Branch (Lands)
                National Archives
                Washington, DC 20408
                (202) 501-5428

        You need to submit your request on a copy of Form 84. To get the form, send
        an e-mail message to inquire@nara.gov

        In the body of the message, be sure to ask for Form 84 "Order for Copies of
        Land Entry Files", tell them how many copies you want (get at least 2, in case
        you make a mistake) and give your name and snail address so they can send you
        the forms.

        (Or you can send a snail mail letter to above address). Sending by e-mail takes
        less than a week; by snail mail both ways takes about 2 weeks.
 

Key to Case Types

181000- Public Lands Litigation
186001- Quit claim deed by US
210000- Acquisition by US
220000- Land exchange
230000- Withdrawal of Land by US
240000- Classification of Lands by US
250000 Disposition: Use and Occupancy
        251000- Homestead
        252000- Desert Land Act
        253000- Indian Patents
        254000- Color of Title Act
        255000- Mining Claim Occupancy Act
260000 Grants
        261000- Military Scrip Warrant Patents
        262000- Lands to the State of South Dakota
        262500- Swamp Land
        263000- Rail Road Grants
        264000- Airport conveyance act
270000 Sales
        271000- Public Land Sale
        272000- Cash
        273000- Small Tract
        274000- Recreation & Public Purposes
        275000- Cemeteries and Parks
        276000- Townsites
        278000- Unintentional Trespass
371000 Multiple Use Act
386000 Mining Laws
        386200- Lode Mining Claims
        386300- Placer Mining Claims
        386400- Millsite Claims

Land Conveyance types in this database:
PA - Patent
GD - Grant Deed
WD - Warranty Deed

Land Conveyances to the State of South Dakota
IL - State Lieu Selection (Lands the State selected in-lieu of
        sections 16 and 36, which they were entitled to but did not receive)
LS - Forest Lieu Selection
SG - State Grant
SS - State Selection

Meridians
05 - 5th Principal Meridian -- located in the eastern part of Iowa
06 - 6th Principal Meridian -- located south of Yankton - not used by east River counties
07 - Black Hills Meridian -- located on the SD - WY border

(See map http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sd/images/meridians.jpg)

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