Monterey Co., CA - Index to Federal Land Records - "Y" Surnames 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 0240S 0150E 031 16383 1891/07/30 YARD JACOB MD 0230S 0080E 005 114241 1891/06/17 YATES ABRAM; ISBELL ISAAC C MD 0230S 0100E 002 1129491 1950/07/24 YOAKUM ISAAC; SMITH WILLIAM MD 0230S 0100E 011 1129491 1950/07/24 YOAKUM ISAAC; SMITH WILLIAM MD 0190S 0040E 001 924299 1923/11/22 YOCH AUGUST MD 0220S 0090E 034 995734 1927/02/12 YOST ELUM B MD 0230S 0090E 003 995734 1927/02/12 YOST ELUM B MD 0230S 0090E 004 995734 1927/02/12 YOST ELUM B MD 0220S 0090E 033 757072 1920/06/16 YOST ELUM BURTON MD 0220S 0090E 034 757072 1920/06/16 YOST ELUM BURTON MD 0230S 0090E 003 757072 1920/06/16 YOST ELUM BURTON MD 0230S 0090E 011 1111017 1941/04/23 YOST HAROLD H MD 0230S 0090E 012 1111017 1941/04/23 YOST HAROLD H MD 0230S 0090E 013 1111017 1941/04/23 YOST HAROLD H MD 0230S 0090E 014 1111017 1941/04/23 YOST HAROLD H MD 0240S 0110E 014 864 1867/05/01 YOUKUM ISAAC MD 0190S 0090E 006 1968 1882/09/30 YOUNG ALBERT B MD 0190S 0080E 023 18733 1893/01/21 YOUNG ALBERT B MD 0230S 0050E 007 931510 1924/02/09 YOUNG GEORGE C MD 0230S 0050E 033 944989 1924/09/18 YOUNG GEORGE C MD 0220S 0080E 033 488717 1915/08/31 YOUNG IRA MD 0220S 0060E 032 115261 1893/01/25 YOUNG JOHN; REED CHARLOTTE; DIAZ ROBERT R MD 0240S 0130E 018 5391 1894/07/31 YOUNG SARAH MD 0240S 0130E 018 13633 1890/11/25 YOUNG SARAH MD 0230S 0140E 020 113877 1875/10/20 YOUNG WILLIAM; RILEY EDWIN T MD 0170S 0030E 028 114943 1892/04/16 YOUNGBLOOD AARON; HOBBS ANGELINE; CAZASSUS PIERRE MD 0220S 0090E 010 16314 1891/06/30 YRIBARREN EULALIA