Using the Bureau of Land Management’s General Land Office to Conduct Genealogical Research by Lisa Gorrell

Did your ancestor obtain land from the Federal Government in the Public Land States? The General Land Office website has the answers but the website can be confusing to use. This presentation will dip deep into the website and offer tips for future research in other records. Even if your ancestor did not get land from the Federal Government, information from the site can be useful for your land-owning ancestors in the Public Land States.

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Lisa S. Gorrell is a Certified Genealogist®. She has served on boards of several genealogical societies and is currently the recording secretary with the Contra Costa County Historical Society, where she volunteers at their archives. She is a founding member and instructor of the new online institute Applied Genealogy Institute.

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She enjoys giving genealogy presentations and writing about her family on two blogs: “Mam-ma’s Southern Family” (pronounced “ma’am-ma”) http://mam-massouthernfamily.blogspot.com/ and “My Trails into the Past” http://mytrailsintothepast.blogspot.com/. She has written a three-generation family history about her husband’s Swedish ancestors.

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Join us in-person at the Davis Senior Center (646 A St., Davis), or via Zoom (email us at president@davisgenealogy.org to request a guest pass).

Refreshments are provided by the club; more are always welcome!

The Davis Genealogy Club Library will be open on meeting day from 12:00-1:00pm; swing by and check it out! 

Club volunteers are also in the Library every Wednesday between 1:00 and 3:30, ready to help.

Visit us online at https://DavisGenealogy.org for more information