WHO’S ON (THE PROPERTY) FIRST? VAL SWIFT, HAMILTON COUNTY SURVEYOR’S OFFICE

U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT: Government Land Office Records (GLORECORDS) ► ONLINE SEARCHES ► IMAGES OF LAND PATENTS ► ABILITY TO ORDER HIGHER QUALITY REPRODUCTION OF PATENT

INITIAL SEARCH PAGE

YOU GET THE NAME & DATE…

…OR YOU GET THE DESCRIPTION

RESULTS LIST OPTIONS

PATENT DESCRIPTION

LEGAL LAND DESCRIPTION

IMAGE CHOICES

PATENT IMAGE

SUITABLE FOR FRAMING

HOW MUCH FOR HISTORY?

CURRENT LAND GRANT MAP

NICE AND SIMPLE

ISAAC COPPOCK: Sec. 1, 1830’s

WHAT’S “WRONG” WITH THE CURRENT OPTIONS ► WITH THE BLM WEBSITE YOU HAVE TO “KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING” ► CONFUSING DATA ON THE MAP…DATES ► YOU HAVE TO LOOK IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE

THE ORIGINAL MAP’S SOURCE DESCRIPTION

Sec. 1: 1835/

Sec. 1: 1866/

INTIAL VERSION OF TABLE

PATENTEE NAME FIELD “CHALLENGE”

IMAGE FILE NAME/SERIAL NUMBER

ADVANTAGES FOR THE “CUSTOMER” ► CAN BE VIEWED IN CONJUCTION WITH OTHER COUNTY GIS LAYERS ► THE ABILITY TO “BROWSE”

WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE WITH LAND PATENTS ► CEMETERIES ► CURRENT ROAD MAP OF COUNTY ► ANY OTHER LAND OWNERSHIP INFORMATION ► …ANYTHING…EVERYTHING. NO MATTER HOW MANY LAYERS YOU HAVE, THERE WILL BE REQUESTS FOR SOMETHING ELSE

CEMETERIES…. GENEALOGICAL RESEARCHERS REALLY DIG CEMETERIES

1990’S CEMETERY MAP (CREATED PRE-COUNTY GIS)

1866 MAP OF HAMILTON COUNTY

FINISHING STEPS ► REVISE TABLE ► CREATE POLYGONS ON NEW GEODETIC CONTROL MAP ► LINK THE POLYGONS TO THE DOCUMENTS