General Land Office Records, Wisconsin

After this intro, there is the full record as taken from the Bureau of Land Management CD-ROM. As we decipher what each field contains, and the codes used in it, we will add that information to this page. That is, there is little point in contacting us to find out what these fields mean: if we don't provide the information here, then your guess is as good as ours. The documents themselves may be ordered from the BLM. Call them at 703-440-1600 to set up a GLO account with your Mastercard or VISA. They can then send you the images via FAX or mail, as you prefer. They also have a web page that may be of interest.

For some nifty maps that show how the townships and ranges relate to the counties of Wisconsin, a visit to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Pages is in order:

Finally, for more information on how to interpret legal descriptions of this type, be sure to visit Melissa Calhoun's Graphical Display of the Federal Township and Range System.

PATENT_L_N: SODEN
PATENT_F_N: WILLIAM
PATENT_M_I: J
ACCESS_NR: WI1110__.435
SEQ_NR: 1
TOTAL_PAGE: 1
IMAGE_NAME: 00005756
VOL_ID: 042
IMAGE_TYPE: P
DESCRIP_NR: 2
ALIQUOT_PT: SENW
SECTION_NR: 18
TOWNSHIP: 24 N
RANGE: 12 W
BLOCK_NR: 0
MERIDAN_CD: 46
TOTAL_ACRE: 124.0000
FRAC_SECT: N
L_O_CODE: 07
DOCUMENT_N: 5453
MISC_DOC_N: 8214
TITLE_AUTH: 251101
SIGNATURE: Y
SIGN_DATE: 1889/01/19
SUBSU_RESV: N
METES_BOUN: N
SURVY_DATE:
WARR_L_NAM:
WARR_F_NAM:
CANCEL_DOC: N
MULT_PATEN: N
MULT_WARR: N
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