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C Copyright 2013 Volume 7 #2

Fly Me To The Farm!Did someone in your family homesteadduring the late 1800’s or early 1900’s?

There is a simple and free way to findout. Even better, you can use GoogleEarth to fly you to the location of the160 acres your grandpa or greatgrandpa homesteaded.

Watch the ‘How To’ Movie

This Newsletter may beviewed as a ‘How To’ video.Click on or go to the followingwebsite to watch the video.

www.heritagecollector.com/Newsletter/landpat/LandPatent.html

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Converting Land Patent Information to be

Viewed on Google Earth and Heritage Collector.By Marlo E. Schuldt - LifeStory Productions, Inc.

1. Determine if your grandparents or relatives had a homestead by going to the BLM web site to search for and

find Land Patents and related information.

2. Save a Land Patent PDF and display it in a Heritage Collector collection.

3. Go to the Earth Point web site to convert Land Patent information so it can be viewed on Google Earth.

4. Drag the KML file into a collection.

5. Link and display KML files in Heritage Collector.

6. Double click on the KML file to fly to the location using Google Earth.

1. Go to the Bureau of Land Management Site.

2. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov (You can click on any text with a blue underline to go to the web site).

3. Click the Land Patents link.

4. Enter Information – Select a state and enter

a first and last name.

5. Click Search Patents.

This newsletter will help you learn how to do the following:

Instructions for each item, except installing Google Earth, will follow.

The Firefox Browser is recommended and is used for this tutorial. Screen captures may not match what you see on

your monitor if you are using a different browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer (The big blue “E”).

Going to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) web site.

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1. Click the Patent Image tab.

2. Click the Download option to save and import the PDF

into Heritage Collector. An option to save the PDF will

appear.

3. Select Save File and then click OK.

6. The Patent summary information will appear.

7. Click on the image icon or the blue Accession number.

8.

More

Land

Patent

information

will

appear.

9.

Click

on the

The Land Patent will appear as shown below.

1. Click the Patent Image tab and then click the Save icon.

2. The Save As dispel will appear. Select a folder on your

hard drive.

3. Type in a name.

4. Click the save button.

.

There are two ways (blue and green) to save the Land Patent depending on the type of PDF viewer that is installed on

your computer. Follow the instructions below that match the content being displayed on your monitor.

Saving the Land Patent - two options

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4. Click on the down arrow at the top right of the Firefox

Browser to open the download.

5. Left click and hold on the SER_Patient name and drag

into the desired Heritage Collector collection.

You can then double click on the PDF thumbnail to view

the PDF in Heritage Collector.

Converting the Land Patent Description so it can be viewed in Google Earth

You will need to do the following two things BEFORE you attempt this next step.

1. Install Google Earth on your computer.

(If it’s not already installed)

2. Link KML file with Heritage Collector

Go to the next step below.

Linking a KML to Heritage Collector

1. Open Heritage Collector.

2. Select the Collection menu.

3. Open the Preferences option.

4. Select Register Doc Types.

Import the Land Patent PDF to a collection.

4. Select the Import icon.

5. Browse out to the folder containing the PDF

6. Select the Land Patent PDF.

7. Type in a caption and click the Save button.

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5. Type in KML and then click Browse.

6. You will need to find the folder Google Earth is installed in.

Clicking Browse will bring up My Computer or a view of

your computer devices. Typically, Google Earth will be

installed in either Program Files or Program Files (x86).

Click on and open one of these folders.

7. You will see a Google folder.

Open the folder. If you don’t

see Google, select the other

folder listed above (Program

Files or Program Files (x86).

8. Open the client folder.

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9. Open the Google Earth folder.

10. Select or left click ONE time on

goolgeearth.exe (we don’t want to double

click or open it). You may only see the

blue icon and googleearth.

11. Click the Open button at the bottom right

of the display.

12. This will take you back to the first display where

you entered KML.

13. Click the Register New Type button

14. Click OK. You have now linked the Google file type

so it can be displayed in Heritage Collector by

clicking on the file thumbnail.

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You are now ready to finish converting the Land Patent Description so it can be displayed in

Heritage Collector and Google Earth.

You will next need to open a program called, Earth Point. Go to this link:

http://earthpoint.us/TownshipsSearchByDescription.aspx

You will need to enter

information from the Land Patent

to Earth Point.

1. Type or paste the three

following numeric

descriptions from the

Land Patent to the fields

in Earth point. Take care to

get the right setting.

2. Click on the down arrows in

Earth Point and then select a

state and Principle Meridian

and the three other numbers

that correspond to the

number in the Land Patent

document.

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6. Select Save File and then click OK.

7. The arrow at the top left of the browser will flash and turn into a big green arrow.

The arrow will return to the small black down arrow. Click on the arrow to open the download list.

8. Left click and hold

on the KML file

while dragging it

into a Heritage

Collector

collection.

9. Double click on the KML file in

Heritage Collector to fly you to

the location of the Land Patent.

9. Google Earth will open and

display and fly you to the 160

acre homestead!

10. Have fun and share with family

and relatives!!

3. You are ready to create and

save the file. Click Fly To On

Google Earth. The KML box

will appear.

4. Select Save File and then

click OK. You are ready to

create and save the file.