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  Homestead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Homestead, Iowa, a small community in that is one of the Amana Colonies.
Homestead Strike, one of the most serious labor confrontations in the United States.
Homestead Air Force Base, an U.S. Air Force base located 25-miles south of Miami, Florida, until 97% of the base was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Homestead   (217 words)

  
 Homestead Records Information Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
This culminated in the Homestead Act of 1862, a law that would transfer millions of acres to settlers virtually free of charge.
Documents available in a given file include the homestead application, certificate of publication of intention to complete claim, homestead final proof, testimony required of claimant and two witnesses, certified copy of naturalization papers, and the final certificate authorizing patent.
Some "cash" transactions may have begun as a homestead transaction; a homestead could be converted to a cash purchase at any time after six months of residency.
members.aol.com /gkrell/homestead/define.html   (574 words)

  
 Floridian: Genealogy: Stake out homestead records for information
The Homestead Act of 1862 was instrumental in settling the West.
Homesteaders agreed to live on the land for five years while cultivating it and building a home.
These were recorded in tract books in land offices, which were often quite a distance from the homestead land.
www.sptimes.com /2002/04/04/Floridian/Genealogy__Stake_out_.shtml   (597 words)

  
 Records of Land Ownership and Settlement
While the Homestead Act made it possible for settlers to obtain free land, approximately one-fourth of the state was granted to the railroad for building through the territory.
The Homestead Law was a series of enactments beginning with the Act of May 20, 1862 which provided for the disposition of the public lands to settlers without requiring any compensation except the acts of residence, cultivation and improvement.
Under the Homestead Law, the applicant was limited to 160 acres and had to reside upon the land and make it his home to the exclusion of any other residence for five years.
www.state.nd.us /hist/sal/gen/infland.htm   (2214 words)

  
 Saskatchewan Archives Board | Family History Research (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Records of court proceedings are created and maintained in the judicial centre in which the case is heard.
Where there is no alphabetical index to these records, the researcher must first establish the place of residence of the ancestors he wishes to research, and then he or she must be prepared to search through all residents of that place until he finds them.
Records created after 1917 are more detailed, indicating the surname, given name, date and place of birth, entry into Canada, and in some cases, the names of spouses and children.
www.saskarchives.com.cob-web.org:8888 /web/services-pub-family.html   (9642 words)

  
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Old Homestead Records was founded in 1971 by John Morris, a pharmacist, deejay, Appalachian migrant, and resident of Brighton, Michigan who loved traditional old time and bluegrass music.
John started the label initially as a means to issue both old and newly recorded material by Wade Mainer, a country music star of the 1930s and 1940s who had relocated to Michigan in 1953 and sang at the time only in churches.
Still one of the rare recording companies that puts out country music form the 1920's, the ongoing legacy of Old Homestead is its dedication to making old time music accessible for the current and future generations.
home.comcast.net /~oldhomestead/online/aboutus.html   (549 words)

  
 Dakota Genealogy Research - North Dakota Genealogy - South Dakota Genealogy - Time Passages, Genealogy of the Dakotas
The homestead and other land ownership records of the pioneers who settled the American West include many valuable documents that show ownership of land acquired under various federal laws designed to promote settlement of the western frontier.
The Timber Culture Act also permitted homesteaders who occupied their land for three years, with one acre of trees under cultivation for two of those three years, to receive a patent to the land.
The homestead files of cattle ranchers in the region west of the Missouri River contain documents of proof related to the Desert Land Act and Timber Culture Act.
www.time-passages.com /homestead-and-other-land-patent-records-sd.html   (1358 words)

  
 Search Wyoming Public Records - Genealogy
Earlier marriages were recorded by the county clerk in the county were the license was issued.
All Wyoming marriage records from 1869 to 1970 are available from the Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department for all Wyoming counties.
Since soldiers were not required to file their discharge records at the county clerk's office, they may not be complete.
www.censusrecords.net /publicrecords/wyoming_public_records.htm   (960 words)

  
 Journal of San Diego History
Declarations of Homestead are records that pertain to the distribution of California lands in the mid to late nineteenth century.
These records are essentially yearly assessments of property values, but they also contain the name of the property owner, the number of acres, the value of improvements on the property and the mortgage number.
Moreover, this record series is complete enough that a statistical-quantitative method of analysis of mining in the county could be generated.
www.sandiegohistory.org /journal/2001-1/sharp.htm   (2409 words)

  
 Alberta Genealogical Society Homesteads 1870-1930   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Then, after paying a $10 filing fee and 'proving up' their homestead claim (occupying the land for at least three years and performing certain improvements, including building a house and barn, fencing, breaking and cropping a portion of the land), the homesteader could apply for patent (title) to the land.
When each quarter section was homesteaded for the first time it was given a file number and all documents relating to that quarter were placed on file until the land patent was granted.
Homestead files may also contain many other documents, such as inspector's reports, records of abandonment, handwritten letters, wills, naturalization certificates, scrip, seed grain liens, court proceedings, etc. Researching these records for family history purposes can be very rewarding.
abgensoc.ca /homestead/index.htm   (879 words)

  
 Anopheles Media
Anopheles Records has sat tight lipped on this discovery for the last year while researching and preparing this reissue from the original master tapes and with full cooperation of the group.
Homestead and Wolfe was a folk-harmony group based around the United Methodist Good Samaritan church in Cupertino, CA (near San Jose).
Homestead and Wolfe represents a highly unusual and strikingly original blend of unproven but talented young vocalists, top quality session players and engineering, and a truly rare chemistry that makes this one of the great folk-rock discoveries of the last 10 years.
www.anophelesrecords.com /Releases.html   (1335 words)

  
 Matador Records | Thalia Zedek Biography
Their debut album Eleven:Eleven came out in 1992 and was one of the most acclaimed records of the year, both in the press and among the indie heroes of the day--Kurt Cobain, Bob Mould, J Mascis.
The initial idea for Thalia’s record came as a result of a couple short "cabaret" tours the band did between their third and fourth records, where they did stripped-down versions of Come songs with piano and strings.
Been Here And Gone is on one hand a straightforward singer/songwriter record, and on the other hand completely defies categorization; these are tricky, bluesy, deep songs devoid of any Œfolkie’ vibes, a rock Œn’ roll album with viola, piano, and trumpet.
www.matadorrecords.com /thalia_zedek/biography.html   (678 words)

  
 Monumental Changes - STATEWIDE Interactive
A wonderful thing about studying the Homestead Act and the people who participated in the Homestead Act is learing about their creativity, their imagination.
Long ago this was the story of survival and it was a story that families either succeeded with or families failed with.
These are the records that were kept by the federal government for each person that established a homestead.
net.unl.edu /~swi/pers/homestead.html   (1683 words)

  
 Land Records
The land records that are generally of most interest to genealogists are the land entry case files.
These are records that document the transfer of public lands from the U.S. Government to private ownership.
For land records in the remaining 20 states that were never part of the original public domain, check the State Archives for that particular state.
www.archives.gov /genealogy/land/index.html   (712 words)

  
 Homestead Information
An additional $25.00 recording fee could be applied if the form does not meet these requirements at time of recording.
Recording a Declaration of Homestead protects your principal residence up to the statutory maximum.
The Homestead Law does not protect you against debts secured by a mortgage or deed of trust, payment of taxes, IRS lien, mechanic's lien, child support or alimony payments.
www.co.clark.nv.us /assessor/Homestead.htm   (312 words)

  
 Dynamite Sites
Records of land ownership, particularly in the United States, are indispensable to the genealogist once the vital records and census sources have been exhausted.
Homesteading was the legal process of claiming and settling unoccupied lands in the U.S. West and Midwest.
Gary has developed his site specifically with the state of South Dakota in mind, but the information and procedures he gives on obtaining and using these records are applicable to any of the thirty public domain states where homesteading occurred since Homestead records are Federal, not state, records.
www.oz.net /~markhow/writing/dyna.htm   (1061 words)

  
 HOMESTEAD RECORDS DESCRIPTION-COY, 1919   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Another act extended the privilege of the homestead act to unmarried persons and required that the applicant, upon receiving the homestead title, should have it recorded in the office ot he county recorder in a book to be called Register of Homestead of Single Persons.
In ten counties abandonments of homesteads are recorded in a separate volume or series of volumes.
In all other counties homestead records of all kinds are recorded in a single series and indexed in the same way.
www.mariposaresearch.net /hmstc.html   (194 words)

  
 Homestead Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The Homestead Act of 1862 permitted a citizen of the United States to apply for 120 acres of Public Domain land ­ land owned by the US government.
They had to tell when did they claim their land, what improvements they made, what crops they grew, names and ages of their children, etc. The files are arranged by land office, legal land description, and certificate number.
His claim for 160 acres under the May 20, 1862 Homestead Act was issued on 23 November 1911.
www.orednet.org /~clenzen/homestead.html   (386 words)

  
 SHIP Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Using the file number found in the index, the researcher can access the original homestead file; this file may contain information about the settler such as nationality, place of origin and family makeup, although names of other family members are seldom given.
There may also be various sworn statements and information about the homestead itself including required agricultural improvements on the land before ownership was granted; in some cases, correspondence about matters concerning the homestead may be included.
The original homestead files are among the holdings of the Saskatchewan Archives Board in Saskatoon; microfilm copies are held at the Saskatchewan Archives Board Regina office.
www.saskhomesteads.com /home.asp   (250 words)

  
 FLORIDA HOMESTEAD SERVICES, LLC - AG Opinion - FLORIDA HOMESTEAD ACT EXEMPTION DECLARATION DESIGNATION
The legal opinion was issued in direct response to one of our clients being denied the filing of his homestead asset protection claim in Ocala by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Office of the Marion County Recorder.
This statute provides a means to protect homestead property from forced sale where such property has not previously been set apart as homestead, but would otherwise qualify as homestead as evidenced by written notification under oath.
In bankruptcy proceedings, however, where a debtor has used non-exempt assets to purchase a homestead and the transaction was made with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud a creditor, a debtor will be denied homestead protection.
www.netside.net /~c3i/agopinion.htm   (1149 words)

  
 Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
To request a case file for a pre-July 1908 homestead claim in one of the seven states for which name indexes exist (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada and Utah), the researcher must know the name of the homesteader, the state in which the land is located, and the approximate date of entry.
Post-1908 homestead records are arranged numerically by patent number, and name indexes exist for all the public domain states.
To request a case file for a post-July 1908 homestead claim, the researcher must provide the National Archives with the name of the homesteader, the state in which the land is located, and the approximate date of entry.
www.nps.gov /home/geneology.html   (1061 words)

  
 Synthcere Records
Synthcere Records was created for the sole purpose of releasing the more melodic industrial, or "Angelic Industrial" that exist in the underground industrial scene today. 
Coda Dolce is fronted by Sean Whitehead, former vocalist for Moksha (Artoffact Records).
Featuring multiple tracks from each of the Synthcere recording artists, "Echo Revolution", not only includes the industrial aggression of The Boy Who Saved Yesterday and the overpowering dancefloor energy of In Hope Eternal, but also offers the first glimpse of new Fektion Fekler material.
synthcererecords.homestead.com   (519 words)

  
 Umatilla County Records Inventory: Federal Land Grant Records
Series includes records of land grants administered under a variety of federal programs such as donation land claims and homesteads.
Under the Homestead Act of 1862, settlers were given 160 acres of land in the public domain if they built a home on the land, resided there for five years, and cultivated the land.
A complete homestead entry file includes such documents as the homestead application, homestead proof, and final certificate authorizing the claimant to obtain a land patent.
arcweb.sos.state.or.us /county/cpumatilla/fed.html   (249 words)

  
 Homestead painter records history, emotions of war - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Titled by a corporal whom Cubie was acquainted with while serving as an infantry medic in Somalia during the Battle of Mogadishu, Cubie's painting was a favorite of the corporal's, who would ask to see it nearly every day.
It doesn't just record history; it also records the emotions that pertain to that history.
After graduating with a degree in art from Mt. Vernon Nazarene College in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Cubie, a descendent of the Hatfield clan whose family has fought in every war since the Revolutionary War, enlisted in the Army at the outset of Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_204689.html   (870 words)

  
 EPL.ca: Canada Land and Homestead Records
Under the Dominion Lands policy the homesteader received 160 acres of land for $10 (the cost of the registration fee).
The application for a homestead asked for such information as the applicant’s country of birth, subdivision of country of birth, last place of residence and previous occupation as well as number of people in the family and their ages.
The original homestead records are held by the provincial archives of the four western provinces.
www.epl.ca /EPLMaster.cfm?id=HOMESTEADREC0001   (233 words)

  
 Homestead Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Homestead Records was a United States based record label of the 1920s.
Apparently the records were pressed by the Scranton Button Company.
Homestead Records is also the name of a New York City based sublabel of Dutch East India Trading.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Homestead_Records   (133 words)

  
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Records housed in the County Clerk and Recorder and Tax Appraiser’s Offices can be invaluable in your quest to learn about your property.
Tax Records: The Tax Appraiser's records will list the current owners, the legal description of the property, a description of the building materials, the number of rooms, sometimes an estimated construction date, and often descriptions and dates of major alterations.
Marriage Records: These records are available for all Montana, though the period of history covered varies from county to county.
www.his.state.mt.us /shpo/register/MontanaResearchGuide.doc   (3150 words)

  
 Saskatchewan Gen Web Project - Homestead Records.
For online searches of homesteads, use Archivia Net Dominion Land Grants which is an online database of any homesteader who received their letter of patent for successfully proving their land.
The Provincial Government of Saskatchewan managed the land titles offices, and the correspondence and forms that transpired between homesteader and the land titles office are available from Saskatchewan Provincial Offices.
Any homestead records held by the Provincial Archives are also on microfilm at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
www.rootsweb.com /~cansk/Saskatchewan/homestead.html   (1171 words)

  
 Advisory Legal Opinion - Official records, recording documents
You have provided copies of a "Designation of Homestead" and a "Head of Family Affidavit" that was presented to your office for recording, but refused due to their not being in compliance with Florida Statutes.
It is the duty of the clerk of court to make such a determination, and in the event an individual claims that the clerk has failed to carry out his or her ministerial duty to record a document, the aggrieved individual may seek a mandamus order compelling the clerk to act.[1]
However, this office has also stated that the clerk of court may not accept for recording in the official records any document that the law does not authorize or require him or her to record.
myfloridalegal.com /ago.nsf/printview/1ABF4CF25218A63685256FD4006C4A8A   (557 words)

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