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The Library is Open! General Land Office: Getting the Most Out of the BLM/GLO Website
Speaker: Lisa Gorrell
26 April 2025 10:30am - 12pm via Zoom 10:00am Social half hour General Land Office: Get the Most Out of the BLM-GLO Website
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. Lisa S. Gorrell is a Certified Genealogist®. She has servedon boards of several ge nealogical societies and is currently the recording secretary with the Contra Costa County Historical Society, where she volunteers at their archives. She enjoys giving genealogy presentations and writing about her family on two blogs: “Mam-ma’s Southern Family” 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. Video and handout available on our members' page. We went to the Rumsey Map Center at Stanford (click to start) | FLASH ALERT!
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About us
The San Mateo County Genealogical Society supports the study of family history in the Bay Area and beyond.
- We get together to learn and share information in monthly meetings, seminars with well-known speakers, workshops and special-interest groups.
- We support research through our genealogy library located at the San Mateo Public Library, online databases, and research services
- We connect with each other through a blog and monthly eNews notices about SMCGS events.
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