Genealogy and Family History -- Land Records
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Bierche/Walstad Farm Archive Journals
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: OGLMC-1273
Scope and Contents
Two bound volumes of assorted documents mainly from Ringsaker kommune (municipality) in Hedmark fylke (district), Norway. The documents were probably sewn together in the volumes at a later date. Volume one has the earliest documents (1650-1777), although not all of them are in chronological order. The documents in volume two (1775-1860) are also not arranged in chronological order. The most common farm name found throughout...
Dates:
created: 1650-1860; Other: Date acquired: 03/15/1993
E.J. Lander and Co. Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: OGLMC-1220
Abstract
Real estate, land development and farm management firm with holdings throughout northern North Dakota and Montana. The firm also had a small number of holdings in selected counties in Minnesota and South Dakota. Headquartered in Grand Forks, E.J. Lander & Co. was founded in 1883.
Dates:
created: 1902-1953; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1990
Fountain L. Thompson Homestead Certificate
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: OGLMC-505
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the original Homestead Certificate for Fountain L. Thompson, dated 13 August 1894, for land in Towner County. Issued by the General Land Office in Devils Lake, the document is Homestead Certificate #1195. Also included is a 23 June 1953 letter from Senator William Langer to Fountain H. Thompson, in which Langer describes his history with the Thompson family, as well as the agricultural and banking industries in the state.
Dates:
created: 1894, 1953