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

2. 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

4. INITIAL SEARCH PAGE

5. YOU GET THE NAME & DATE…

6. …OR YOU GET THE DESCRIPTION

7. RESULTS LIST OPTIONS

8. PATENT DESCRIPTION

9. LEGAL LAND DESCRIPTION

10. IMAGE CHOICES

11. PATENT IMAGE

12. SUITABLE FOR FRAMING

13. HOW MUCH FOR HISTORY?

14. CURRENT LAND GRANT MAP

15. NICE AND SIMPLE

16. ISAAC COPPOCK: Sec. 1, 1830’s

17. 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

18. THE ORIGINAL MAP’S SOURCE DESCRIPTION

19. Sec. 1: 1835/1866 18351866

20. Sec. 1: 1866/2007 2007 1866

21. INTIAL VERSION OF TABLE

22. PATENTEE NAME FIELD “CHALLENGE”

23. IMAGE FILE NAME/SERIAL NUMBER

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

25. 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

26. CEMETERIES…. GENEALOGICAL RESEARCHERS REALLY DIG CEMETERIES

27. 1990’S CEMETERY MAP (CREATED PRE-COUNTY GIS)

28. 1866 MAP OF HAMILTON COUNTY

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