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DESCRIPTION:Have you heard of "public lands" but you're not quite sure what
  that means? Are you curious about what California's land looked like in t
 he past? \n\nJoin us for an introduction to searching for historic land re
 cords and a tutorial on using the US Federal General Land Office Records d
 atabase. \n\nThis publicly-accessible database is maintained by the Bureau
  of Land Management (BLM) and contains thousands of land records\, maps\, 
 and surveys that contain a multifaceted history of the American West (and 
 beyond).\n\nIn this session\, we’ll cover how to find master title plats
 \, cadastral surveys\, surveyor’s field notes\, as well as original pate
 nt documents (focusing on California) so if you want to learn how the US F
 ederal government documents federal and private land title\, rights\, and 
 usage\, this workshop is for you.\n\nThere are many uses of these primary 
 source documents\; whether you have an interest in history\, federal law a
 nd governance\, natural resources (agriculture\, mining\, forestry etc)\, 
 land use (urbanization\, privatization\, environmentalism etc)\, or survey
 ing and cartography\, there should be something in this session for you! \
 n\nWe'll begin with an overview of native lands\, US federal public land m
 anagement\, surveying\, and legal land descriptions. Then we'll shift to a
  hands on demonstration of the GLO Records Database for searching and down
 loading land record documents. \n\nAttendees should arrive with their own 
 laptops if they wish to participate. Compters will not be provided. \n\nPl
 ease note that this workshop series is only open to current Stanford Unive
 rsity Affiliates\, with full SunetID privileges.
LOCATION:Branner Earth Sciences Library
SUMMARY:Historic US Land Record Search
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/historic-us-land-record-sea
 rch-2026-01-16
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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