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Articles 2461 - 2490 of 2545
Full-Text Articles in Education
Outline History Of California Board Of Land Commissioners, 1851-1856, Philip P. Brower, February 1943
National Archives Documents
A detailed outline pertaining to the history of the California Board of Land Commissioners from 1851-1850.
California Private Land Grant Records In The National Archives, J. N. Bowman, January 24, 1956
California Private Land Grant Records In The National Archives, J. N. Bowman, January 24, 1956
National Archives Documents
Detailed report regarding California Private Land Grant Records in the National Archive prepared by J. N. Bowman, January 24, 1956.
Provides historical background, types of private land grant papers in the National Archives and the location of other private land grant papers both nationally and within the State of California.
Describes types of private land grant papers located within the National Archives and their condition.
Extensive lists of Expedientes, Unclassified Expedientes and Board Expedientes
Index Of California Private Land Grants - Unclassified (Incomplete) Expedientes, Na-5
Index Of California Private Land Grants - Unclassified (Incomplete) Expedientes, Na-5
National Archives Documents
U.S. National Archives Undated Index of California Private Land Grants, Unclassified (Incomplete) Expedientes, List E.
California Private Land Claims - Case Expediente Shelf List By Gay L. Ebinger, December 1981
California Private Land Claims - Case Expediente Shelf List By Gay L. Ebinger, December 1981
National Archives Documents
Detailed explanation regarding documents found in the California Private Land Claims folders; Index of Case Exppedientes
Records Of Mexican Land Claims In California, Ralph G. Lounsbury, Undated
Records Of Mexican Land Claims In California, Ralph G. Lounsbury, Undated
National Archives Documents
A report (93 pages) on the historical background of land tenure in California.
Provides the series of the land records of California located in Federal agencies and California and detailed background information for each category:
- Land records of the Spanish and Mexican Archives of California;
- Documents deposited in support of claims filed with the Board of Land Commissioners, 1852-1856;
- Records of Proceedings of that Board, 1851-1856;
- Attorney General's transcripts of Land Commission cases, 1852-1856; and
- Records of cases appealed to the Supreme Court from the United States District Courts in California
Alphabetical List Of The 580 Complete Expedientes, Undated
Alphabetical List Of The 580 Complete Expedientes, Undated
National Archives Documents
An alphabetical listing of the 580 expediente that were completed. Cover page printed; index handwritten. Provides claimant name, rancho name (locality), date and number.
1862 - U.S. Surveyor General Map Of California
1862 - U.S. Surveyor General Map Of California
American Period Maps
1862 map of California prepared by the Office of the U.S. Surveyor General. A list of the 430 private grants finally surveyed is located on the bottom left corner. Also lists three Indian Reservations. The private grants are superimposed on the map.
1847 - Map Of Oregon And Upper California
1847 - Map Of Oregon And Upper California
American Period Maps
No. 15 Map of Oregon and Upper New California engraved to illustrate Mitchell's School and Family Geography, 1847. Also shows a portion of British America to the north of Oregon. Contains No. 16 insert, Map of the Columbia River from the Cascades to the Pacific Ocean in lower left corner.
1870 Map Of The South-Western Portion Of The United States And Of Sonora And Chihuahua
1870 Map Of The South-Western Portion Of The United States And Of Sonora And Chihuahua
American Period Maps
Map detailing the South-Western Portion of the US and the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua to illustrate the Paper by Dr. W. A. Bell regarding his travels and the route he took during 1867-1868. Contains an insert of Lower California.
Cartographic Records Pertaining To California Private Land Claims, U.S. National Archives, Na-1, Grim 2-19-82.
National Archives Documents
A listing of Records of California Private Land Claims that includes:
Complete expedientes (case file). Case file contains variety of textual documents, all in Spanish. Most include a diseños or rough sketch map of the particular grant. It should be the original drawing.
Incomplete expedientes (includes copy of diseños).
Case expedientes (AKA Board expedientes; includes copy of diseños).
Board of Land Commissioners, three volumes of diseños (copies from originals).
Maps separated from General Land Office docket files.
Land Offices plats of survey, 25 volumes of survey plats.
Reference works for researching California Private Land Claims.
Incomplete Expediente, List E, Na4; Records Of The General Land Office, Rg49.
Incomplete Expediente, List E, Na4; Records Of The General Land Office, Rg49.
National Archives Documents
Alphabetical Index of incomplete Expediente, List D, with corresponding Docket Number (Expediente Number), designating those Expediente that have drawing included.
Expedientes, California Board Of Land Commissioners, Record Group 49: Records Of The General Land Office
National Archives Documents
A 1939 alphabetical listing of Expedientes with claimant and Expediente numbers, located in the National Archives, Record Group 49: Records of the General Land Office, California private land claims.
Complete Expediente, List D, Na3; Records Of The General Land Office, Rg49
Complete Expediente, List D, Na3; Records Of The General Land Office, Rg49
National Archives Documents
Alphabetical Index of Complete Expediente, List D, with corresponding Docket Number (Expediente Number).
Field Notes Of California Private Claims; Also Plat And Docket Indexes; Combined.
Field Notes Of California Private Claims; Also Plat And Docket Indexes; Combined.
National Archives Documents
Field Notes of California Private Claims – Partly from Chart Index E’s, California field-note drawer) showing such field notes as are in volumes, whether governing or not.
Index – California Private Land Claims - Annotated typescript list prepared in Survey Division of General Land Office (Bureau of Land Management). Covers plats, survey field notes and similar records in Plat Room and other sections of the GLO prior to 1952. Arranged alphabetically by name of claimant. Photostat made in National Archives from original typescript copy of the BLM, November 1952.
Maps Separated from Docket Files, List C – Oversized maps and …
1853, March 3 - 10 Stat. 244, Act To Extend Preemption Rights To Public Land
1853, March 3 - 10 Stat. 244, Act To Extend Preemption Rights To Public Land
US Government Legislation and Statutes
An Act that extended the preemption laws to alternate reserved sections of public lands along the lines of the railroads. No one person could have the right of preemption to more than 160 acres. Any person who settled on lands that had been reserved on account of claims under French, Spanish or other grants that had been declared by the Supreme Court of the United States to be invalid was entitled to all the rights of preemption after the lands were released from reservation.
Santa Margarita - Diseños, Glo No. 316, San Luis Obispo County, And Associated Historical Documents
Santa Margarita - Diseños, Glo No. 316, San Luis Obispo County, And Associated Historical Documents
Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Hornbeck Rancho Detail Sheet – A summary sheet generated from a land patent database that details the history of a rancho, along with the various state and federal agency record numbers relating to the rancho.
Bancroft Notes – Document detailing information and documents regarding a …
Las Salinas - Diseños, Glo No. 257, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Las Salinas - Diseños, Glo No. 257, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Mexican citizens in Alta California for land in Alta-California.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Hoffman Notes -- Summary of information concerning claims made for the Rancho lands from the Appendix listing Table of Land Claims in the Reports of Land Cases …
Los Gatos Or Santa Rita - Diseños, Glo No. 253, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Los Gatos Or Santa Rita - Diseños, Glo No. 253, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Mexican citizens in Alta California for land in Alta-California.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Hoffman Notes -- Summary of information concerning claims made for the Rancho lands from the Appendix listing Table of Land Claims in the Reports of Land Cases …
Milpitas (Pastor) - Diseños, Glo No. 307, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Milpitas (Pastor) - Diseños, Glo No. 307, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Mexican citizens in Alta California for land in Alta-California.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Hoffman Notes -- Summary of information concerning claims made for the Rancho lands from the Appendix listing Table of Land Claims in the Reports of Land Cases …
Ex-Mission Soledad Diseños (Mission) - Diseños, Glo No. 294,Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Mexican citizens in Alta California for land in Alta-California.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Hoffman Notes -- Summary of information concerning claims made for the Rancho lands from the Appendix listing Table of Land Claims in the Reports of Land Cases …
Mission Carmelo - Diseños, Glo No. 281, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Mission Carmelo - Diseños, Glo No. 281, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Mexican citizens in Alta California for land in Alta-California.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Hoffman Notes -- Summary of information concerning claims made for the Rancho lands from the Appendix listing Table of Land Claims in the Reports of Land Cases …
Mission Soledad - Diseños, Glo No. 295, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Mission Soledad - Diseños, Glo No. 295, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Mexican citizens in Alta California for land in Alta-California.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Hoffman Notes -- Summary of information concerning claims made for the Rancho lands from the Appendix listing Table of Land Claims in the Reports of Land Cases …
Los Tularcitos (Gomez) - Diseños, Glo No. 291, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Los Tularcitos (Gomez) - Diseños, Glo No. 291, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Mexican citizens in Alta California for land in Alta-California.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Hoffman Notes -- Summary of information concerning claims made for the Rancho lands from the Appendix listing Table of Land Claims in the Reports of Land Cases …
Los Carneros (Mcdougal) - Diseños, Glo No. 246, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Los Carneros (Mcdougal) - Diseños, Glo No. 246, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Mexican citizens in Alta California for land in Alta-California.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Hoffman Notes -- Summary of information concerning claims made for the Rancho lands from the Appendix listing Table of Land Claims in the Reports of Land Cases …
Los Coches (Soberanes) - Diseños, Glo No. 296, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Los Coches (Soberanes) - Diseños, Glo No. 296, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Mexican citizens in Alta California for land in Alta-California.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Hoffman Notes -- Summary of information concerning claims made for the Rancho lands from the Appendix listing Table of Land Claims in the Reports of Land Cases …
San Bernardo (Soberanes) - Diseños, Glo No. 306, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Hornbeck Rancho Detail Sheet – A summary sheet generated from a land patent database that details the history of a rancho, along with the various state and federal agency record numbers relating to the rancho.
Bancroft Notes – Document detailing information and documents regarding a …
Los Laureles (Boronda) - Diseños, Glo No. 289, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Los Laureles (Boronda) - Diseños, Glo No. 289, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Mexican citizens in Alta California for land in Alta-California.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Hoffman Notes -- Summary of information concerning claims made for the Rancho lands from the Appendix listing Table of Land Claims in the Reports of Land Cases …
Mission San Antonio (Church Property) - Diseños, Glo No. 308, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Mexican citizens in Alta California for land in Alta-California.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Hoffman Notes -- Summary of information concerning claims made for the Rancho lands from the Appendix listing Table of Land Claims in the Reports of Land Cases …
Mission San Miguel Diseños, Glo No. 313, San Luis Obispo County, And Associated Historical Documents
Mission San Miguel Diseños, Glo No. 313, San Luis Obispo County, And Associated Historical Documents
Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Expediente – Hand-written Spanish-Mexican land grant document issued to Mexican citizens in Alta California for land in Alta-California.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Hoffman Notes -- Summary of information concerning claims made for the Rancho lands from the Appendix listing Table of Land Claims in the Reports of Land Cases …
San Bernabe - Diseños, Glo No. 303, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
San Bernabe - Diseños, Glo No. 303, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents
Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties
Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican.
Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.
Hornbeck Rancho Detail Sheet – A summary sheet generated from a land patent database that details the history of a rancho, along with the various state and federal agency record numbers relating to the rancho.
Bancroft Notes – Document detailing information and documents regarding a …