Land! Ho!
Land records! Between the introduction of the full-text search of FamilySearch's U.S. Land Records Collection, and my recent study of these documents to narrow Joseph Becker's immigration window, it's been a good few months for land records in my research life. One main benefit of the FamilySearch full-text search in land records is that it doesn't merely focus on the grantor and grantee as an index might. It also finds anyone else who might have been named in the document: witnesses, neighboring landowners, recording clerks, etc. I decided to do another search in this new tool. My ancestor Joseph Becker has been named in Wyoming County, New York, land transactions under both the Becker and Baker surname, so I searched under Joseph Baker. Wow! He is mentioned in so many Wyoming County deed records, not only as the grantor or grantee, but also as the owner or former owner of land bounding properties being sold to others. Before the advent of this tool, I would have had
Retired Tarleton librarian and archives manager here...I did a search in the US Newspaper Directory at the Library of Congress' Chronicling America site. The newspaper was actually called the Pecos Valley Irrigationist. It looks like the University of Texas - Permian Basin Library *MAY* have some issues in their Permian Historical Society Collections. Suggest you contact them at libraryarchives@utpb.edu.
ReplyDeletehttps://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86090634/
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86090634/holdings/
https://utpb.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UOTOTPB_INST/10ndpmq/alma991001077469704731
Thank you Amanda. I too have checked Chronicling America. I checked with UTEP a few years back and they said they could not find it. I might try again, just to see if fresh eyes can find it! Appreciate the look! Nancy
ReplyDeleteIt's likely they did not have all issues, but yes, fresh eyes can help. The library's website references newspaper clippings in that collection, so it could be in some sort of vertical file. You might also want to try Texas Tech - they have a pretty extensive Southwest Collection in their Special Collections. Good luck!
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