Mendocino County, CA - Index to Federal Land Patents California 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 California Land Patents Database, derived from General Land Office and BLM information, contains deeds (primarily patents) issued by the United States in the State of California between 1856 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 as only been available after tedious research, it is available now in this database. The California 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, case number and the patent document identification number. You can order a copy of the land patent from the CA BLM office: http://www.blm.gov/ca/ See the General Land Office web site for details: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov Or the National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/research/order/#genie Look for Land Entry Records California Land Patents Database 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 California 262500- Swamp Land 263000- Rail Road Grants 264000- Airport conveyance act 267000- Spanish / Mexican Land Grants 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 California 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 Key to Meridians: HM - Humbolt GS - Gila and Salt River (along the Colorado River) MD - Mount Diablo SB - San Bernardino MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP RANGE SECTION DOCID DATE NAME MD 0220N 0130W 032 155497 1910/10/03 IGALI SVETOZAR MD 0140N 0120W 001 192496 1911/04/24 IGALI SVETOZAR MD 0120N 0110W 031 210539 1911/06/22 IGALI SVETOZAR MD 0200N 0140W 033 210540 1911/06/22 IGALI SVETOZAR MD 0200N 0140W 034 210540 1911/06/22 IGALI SVETOZAR MD 0220N 0140W 002 242243 1912/01/13 IGALI SVETOZAR MD 0210N 0130W 028 6658 1879/09/23 INGELS JOSEPH MD 0210N 0130W 033 6658 1879/09/23 INGELS JOSEPH MD 0190N 0160W 004 8549 1883/02/03 INGERSOLL GEORGE S MD 0130N 0110W 025 18073 1892/03/17 INGHRAM MARY E MD 0160N 0130W 031 114154 1877/05/15 INGRAHAM ALFRED; BERTHELOTTE SERAPHINE; BERTHELOTTE JEAN L MD 0160N 0130W 031 88640 1876/08/23 INGRAHAM ALFRED; BUTLER SARAH S; BUTLER DAVID C MD 0140N 0140W 020 962 1878/07/30 INGRAM DANIEL C MD 0140N 0140W 020 969 1879/03/13 INGRAM DANIEL H MD 0130N 0160W 017 7735 1882/03/15 INGRAM ELIZABETH; INGRAM ALFONSO B MD 0130N 0160W 020 7735 1882/03/15 INGRAM ELIZABETH; INGRAM ALFONSO B MD 0190N 0120W 021 72208 1881/04/09 INGRAM JOSEPH; CLEVELAND REBECCA MD 0140N 0140W 020 1482 1874/02/10 INGRAM NATHAN V MD 0140N 0140W 021 1482 1874/02/10 INGRAM NATHAN V MD 0140N 0140W 020 110760 1877/08/30 INGRAM NATHAN V; ARMSTRONG WILLIAM; ARMSTRONG NANCY MD 0140N 0140W 029 110760 1877/08/30 INGRAM NATHAN V; ARMSTRONG WILLIAM; ARMSTRONG NANCY MD 0140N 0140W 020 114135 1878/10/01 INGRAM WASHINGTON M; HOWELL DAVID H MD 0140N 0140W 021 114135 1878/10/01 INGRAM WASHINGTON M; HOWELL DAVID H MD 0220N 0140W 022 678790 1919/05/23 INGRAM WILLIAM MD 0220N 0140W 027 678790 1919/05/23 INGRAM WILLIAM MD 0130N 0160W 020 6512 1879/10/01 INMAN JOHN MD 0140N 0150W 012 2437 1870/06/10 IRISH HENRY O MD 0140N 0150W 013 2437 1870/06/10 IRISH HENRY O MD 0220N 0140W 003 34541 1879/12/15 IRVIN JOHN; CARD WILLIAM H MD 0200N 0140W 017 21021 1905/03/18 IRVINE CHARLES A MD 0200N 0140W 018 21021 1905/03/18 IRVINE CHARLES A MD 0230N 0140W 017 1073 1880/04/15 ISBELL JAMES P MD 0120N 0150W 009 12730 1891/09/30 ISERN HENRY MD 0120N 0150W 010 12730 1891/09/30 ISERN HENRY MD 0230N 0140W 018 8034 1902/11/21 IVANS MARION P MD 0230N 0150W 023 7076 1899/04/22 IVANS WILLIAM MD 0120N 0160W 026 13787 1892/03/26 IVERSEN NIELS MD 0120N 0160W 007 1449 1874/10/01 IVERSON NIELS MD 0120N 0160W 018 1449 1874/10/01 IVERSON NIELS