 | When: October 21st, 2020 at 7:00 pm Where: Online via Zoom Speaker: Jamie Mayhew Topic: Let's Talk About Land This webinar requires registration. Registration Link: http://tinyurl.com/gsnocc102020 Zoom connection information will be emailed to you upon registration Land records form the largest group of records for our ancestors and often leave the only clues to marriages, deaths, and relationships. This talk will begin with the formation of our country. We will briefly cover the original distribution of land and discuss the differences between State Land States and Federal Land States and the laws that governed land distribution. |
After land moved from government ownership to individual ownership, the transfer of property was handled at the local level, primarily by the counties, using deeds. We will continue our exploration of land through the use of deeds. You will learn how to locate land records, what to look for, and what you might find.
Presenter: Jamie Lee McManus Mayhew is a California genealogy speaker who previously lived in Yorba Linda and was once president of GSNOCC. She speaks on a wide variety of topics including, land records, homesteading, the FamilySearch website and its components, newspapers, census records, and DNA. She is a member of NGS, APG, the Genealogical Speakers Guild, DAR, and various local and state societies. She is secretary of the APG Writers SIG, on the Genealogical Speakers Guild webinar committee, and coordinator of PROGEN 47. Previous leadership positions include serving as President of APG: Southern California Chapter, President of the California State Genealogical Alliance, President of the Genealogical Society of North Orange County California (GSNOCC), and member of the FamilySearch Wiki Community Council.
She and her husband have retired to Yosemite Lakes Park, Coarsegold, California, located south of Yosemite, where she runs her business, California Cousins: Family History Research and Education. She can be found online at http://www.californiacousins.com.
She and her husband have retired to Yosemite Lakes Park, Coarsegold, California, located south of Yosemite, where she runs her business, California Cousins: Family History Research and Education. She can be found online at http://www.californiacousins.com.
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