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 0140W 030 832590 1921/11/16 YAGER CHARLES A MD 0230N 0130W 024 105 1934/10/10 YAKAMBO; MULLEN JIM MD 0230N 0130W 024 105 1934/10/10 YAKAMBO; MULLEN JIM MD 0150N 0150W 005 12765 1891/01/14 YALE CHARLES G MD 0150N 0150W 008 12765 1891/01/14 YALE CHARLES G MD 0120N 0130W 014 14670 1891/02/26 YALE ELIHU W MD 0120N 0130W 014 3520 1891/02/10 YALE NORMAN T MD 0210N 0140W 024 68422 1877/11/20 YANCEY JAMES; GERBER LOUIS; GERBER JOHN MD 0160N 0130W 005 47315 1877/04/25 YARBER JOHN N; SMITH MARTIN V B MD 0110N 0150W 012 114946 1890/12/27 YARBROUGH WILLIAM; ROBINSON CYRUS D JUNIOR MD 0170N 0170W 034 533 E 1867/08/10 YARTIN CELIA MD 0230N 0120W 031 557 1929/04/26 YATCHME MD 0230N 0120W 031 557 1929/04/26 YATCHME MD 0170N 0160W 008 64744 1880/06/30 YATES DAVID; YATES CHRISTIANA; BERGERSON LOUIS MD 0220N 0140W 004 7969 1902/11/21 YATES LEWIS H MD 0190N 0160W 023 9305 1884/12/05 YELL ARCHIBALD MD 0120N 0140W 019 14260 1890/06/24 YELL LUCINDA MD 0120N 0140W 030 14260 1890/06/24 YELL LUCINDA MD 0140N 0130W 034 04890068 1989/05/12 YELNY CHRISTINE H; PETTERSON KATHERINE S; HENDERSON ROBERT L; 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