Donation Land Claim Holdings at the Washington State Library
www.sos.wa.gov/library/landrecords.aspx
Records, Indexes, and Abstracts
Abstracts of Washington donation land claims, 1855-1902. Washington, D.C.: National Archives of the U.S., 1951. Microfilm. 1 reel. NW MICRO 333.16 ABSTRAC 1855-1902
D.L.C. notes, Wash. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 1966. Microfilm. 1 reel. NW MICRO 333.16 DLC NOT 1966
Genealogical material in Oregon donation land claims, abstracted from applications. Portland, OR: Genealogical Forum of Portland, Oregon, 1957-. 5 volumes + geographic index volume. GEN 979.503 GENEALO 1957 v1-5 + index
Genealogical material in Oregon : provisional land claims, abstracted, volumes I-VIII, 1845-1849. Genealogical Forum of Portland, 1982. GEN 979.503 GURLEY 1845-1849
Index, Oregon donation land claims. Portland, OR : Genealogical Forum of Oregon, Inc., 1987. GEN 979.5 INDEX O 1987
Index to surveyed donation claims, Washington Territory. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 196-?. Microfilm. 1 reel. NW MICRO 333.16 INDEX T 196-?
Lewis County records in the office of the County Auditor, Chehalis, Washington [microform] 1847-1949. NW MICRO 979.782 LEWIS C 1847
List of donation land claims in Washington Territory, July 1887. Wickersham, James (transcriber). RARE V OVERSIZ 333.16 LIST OF 1887 www.sos.wa.gov/history/publications_detail.aspx?p=43 Scanned copy of the book www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/TitleInfo.aspx?TID=493 Searchable Database - Lot number seems to equal the Notification number. Some certificate numbers.
Oregon and Washington donation land files, 1851-1903. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, General Service Administration, 1970. Microfilm. 108 reels. NW MICRO 333.16 OREGON 1970 815 (reels 2-5, 93-108)
Pioneers who settled on Fort Lewis. Mary Jane Speelman. 1982. MS 0265 Includes a map of the 65 pioneer claims along with biographical sketches.
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Washington Territory donation land claims: an abstract of information in the land claim papers of persons who settled in Washington Territory before 1856. Seattle: The Seattle Genealogical Society, 1980. GEN 979.702 WASHING 1980 Includes an alphabetical list of officials (along with their titles) whose signatures appear on donation land claim papers, a name index to all persons mentioned in claims, a geographical index to places mentioned in the claims, and an index to selected items of historical interest.
Supplementary Sources
“Chapter 16: Donation Land Claims” from Building a State: Washington 1889-1939. Charles Miles and O. B. Sperlin, eds. Tacoma: Washington State Historical Society, 1940. NW 979.7 WASHING 1940 v3
Early land records of Clark County, Washington. Extracted from early land ownership maps of Clark County, Washington. Mary Frances Zimmerman. Vancouver, WA: Clark County Genealogical Society, Inc., 1980. NW 929.3797 ZIMMERM 1980
“Chapter 15 : Land Records” from Guide to genealogical research in the National Archives of the United States, 3rd ed. Anne Bruner Eales and Robert M. Kvasnicka, eds. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2000. GEN 973 UNITED 2000
Index to Oregon donation land claim files in the National Archives. Portland: Genealogical Forum of Portland, Oregon, 1953-1957. Not available from the Washington State Library Available on Ancestry.com
Land & property research in the United States. Hone, E. Wade (with Heritage Consulting and Services). Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry, 1997. GEN 973 HONE 1997
Locating your roots: discover your ancestors using land records. Hatcher, Patricia Law. Cincinnati: Betterway Books, 2003. 929.1072 HATCHER 2003
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