User:Pipkincm



Charlene M. Pipkin, BA (family history) AG®, provides individualized family history guidance, instruction, organization, evaluation, pedigree analysis, peer review, and research.

I'm thrilled that the FamilySearch wiki is available. Thanks for allowing me to contribute. Please be patient as I learn.

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Wiki To Do Items
These are the items that I found on the wiki that either I want to edit/create or that I'll suggest someone else gives attention to. If you've been asked to collaborate, please review the topic of interest and add to the "discussion" tab.

US Land and Property

 * Follow the team's suggested formatting.
 * Transfer information from LAD
 * Explain federal land tract books and how to determine which film to search using a combination of Hone's county boundaries and the FHL catalog entry.
 * Consider images (include full citations), tables, and timelines.
 * Include both "general tips" and "state tips" within each state.

State Land
Twenty colonies and states did not cede the unclaimed land in their borders to the federal government when they became part of the United States. These states are known as state-land states and included the original 13 colonies, those states created from original colonies, Hawaii, and Texas. Usually this land was surveyed in metes and bounds.

The states in the public domain areas who received grants of land from the federal government also granted some of this land to individuals.

Each state established land offices to distribute its land, in a manner similar to that of the federal government. The original documents are usually at the state archives. The Family History Library has copies of many of the records that have been microfilmed.

North Dakota

 * Review North Dakota links on FHL Favorites to be certain that the best links have been added to the ND portal.

Colorado

 * Update each topic page. Note that the state Archives has an incomplete divorce index, probate and tax indexes for some years/counties, and State Pennitentiary Index 1871-1973.
 * Can/should "mining" or "occupations" be added as a topic?

Articles

 * Link "legal ages" page to land, military, court, immigration, and vital records pages.
 * Mining
 * Historic Trails
 * Northern Liberties, Pennsylvania