Looking to see if this is a common practice or not, or what methods your state uses (online, in person, etc) for viewing original survey notes for section breakdowns and such. Currently I am stumped looking for South Dakota' records online, from the grapevine it seems to be an abandoned project soooo....
Florida has Labins.org, which has the GLO/BLM notes and plats online.
Maps of various types. The map archive includes all sorts of correspondence, exhibits, highway maps, etc...
http://www.glo.texas.gov/cf/ArcMaps/ArcMapsLookup.cfm?Customer=79090521-12053
And original land grants
http://www.glo.texas.gov/cf/land-grant-search/index.cfm
The land grant files are being slowly scanned and added, so what you can actually look at varies by county. At the very least it is an index. It recently added the extensive collection of Willis D. Twichell.
Oh that is nice, thank you. The hope is to at least provide an example of what we are looking for and see if it's a hidden thing or what.
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov
Did you try this?
Most County's out here are getting their recorded surveys online if not already so most research is getting much easier to start.
Thanks for the link, I wasn't aware that the records were being scanned. SO many treasures to check out!
Illinois has the GLO plats online (Secretary of State) but the notes are still in the books at the State Archives. HubTack has been scanning the notes and offers them online for a fee.
It varies. Some Counties do, some don't. LA has an extensive archive of records on line. Several Counties have Record Maps on line.
Nevada County (not the State) had the Record Maps on line then the County Recorder went and had a crying jag or whine-fest at the Board of Supervisors meeting so the Soups told the County Surveyor to take the maps down.