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&lt;h2&gt;Abbreviations&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;frl. - &lt;/strong&gt;fractional, does not have the full acrage for the legal land description
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&lt;h2&gt;Abbreviations&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;frl. - &lt;/strong&gt;fractional, does not have the full acrage for the legal land description
&lt;h2&gt;Links&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.livgov.com/rod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Livingston County, Michigan Register of Deeds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;Abbreviations&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;frl. - &lt;/strong&gt;fractional, does not have the full acrage for the legal land description
&lt;h2&gt;Links&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;Abbreviations&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;frl. - &lt;/strong&gt;fractional, does not have the full acrage for the legal land description
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&lt;h2&gt;Abbreviations&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;frl. - &lt;/strong&gt;fractional, does not have the full acrage for the legal land description
&lt;h2&gt;Links&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;Abbreviations&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;frl. - &lt;/strong&gt;fractional, does not have the full acrage for the legal land description
&lt;h2&gt;Links&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.livgov.com/rod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Livingston County, Michigan Register of Deeds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.livgov.com/courts/probate/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Livingston County, Michigan Probate Court&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;Abbreviations&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;frl. - &lt;/strong&gt;fractional, does not have the full acrage for the legal land description
&lt;h2&gt;Links&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.livgov.com/rod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Livingston County, Michigan Register of Deeds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.livgov.com/courts/probate/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Livingston County, Michigan Probate Court&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?collection=17&amp;amp;tags=brighton+township"&gt;Brighton&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?collection=17&amp;amp;tags=cohoctah+township"&gt;Cohoctah&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?collection=17&amp;amp;tags=conway+township"&gt;Conway&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?collection=17&amp;amp;tags=deerfield+township"&gt;Deerfield&lt;/a&gt; townships are fully available in this collection. The rest of the townships are currently being worked on.</text>
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&lt;h2&gt;Abbreviations&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;frl. - &lt;/strong&gt;fractional, does not have the full acrage for the legal land description
&lt;h2&gt;Links&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.livgov.com/rod" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Livingston County, Michigan Register of Deeds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.livgov.com/courts/probate/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Livingston County, Michigan Probate Court&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;Abbreviations&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;frl. - &lt;/strong&gt;fractional, does not have the full acrage for the legal land description
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&lt;strong&gt;frl. - &lt;/strong&gt;fractional, does not have the full acrage for the legal land description
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&lt;a href="https://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?collection=17&amp;amp;tags=brighton+township"&gt;Brighton&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?collection=17&amp;amp;tags=cohoctah+township"&gt;Cohoctah&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?collection=17&amp;amp;tags=conway+township"&gt;Conway&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://archives.howelllibrary.org/items/browse?collection=17&amp;amp;tags=deerfield+township"&gt;Deerfield&lt;/a&gt; townships are fully available in this collection. The rest of the townships are currently being worked on.</text>
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