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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
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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;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;
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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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                  <text>&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;To help figure out what township you can view &lt;a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/5122078.0001.001/9?view=image&amp;amp;size=200" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Standard Atlas of Livingston County, Michigan - 1915 Page 7&lt;/a&gt; for a county map that shows the Township, Range numbers and Section numbers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;View DNR document Information on &lt;a href="https://www.michigan.gov/taxes/-/media/Project/Websites/treasury/Property_2/Reading_Legals.pdf?rev=2daaa5b8891042f096cef102da3648be" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;How to Read Legal Land Descriptions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&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;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&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;p&gt;To get a copy of the original land record, contact the &lt;a href="https://milivcounty.gov/rod/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Livingston County, Michigan Register of Deeds&lt;/a&gt; with the Liber and Page and any other information to find the original record.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To get a copy of the original probate records, contact the &lt;a href="https://milivcounty.gov/probate/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Livingston County, Michigan Probate Court&lt;/a&gt; with information to find the original record.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To get a copy of the original circuit court records, contact the &lt;a href="https://milivcounty.gov/circuit/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Livingston County, Michigan Circuit Court&lt;/a&gt; with information to find the original record.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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                <text>To get a copy of the original land record, contact the &lt;a href="https://milivcounty.gov/rod/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Livingston County, Michigan Register of Deeds&lt;/a&gt; with the Liber and Page and any other information to find the original record.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To get a copy of the original probate records, contact the &lt;a href="https://milivcounty.gov/probate/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Livingston County, Michigan Probate Court&lt;/a&gt; with information to find the original record.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To get a copy of the original circuit court records, contact the &lt;a href="https://milivcounty.gov/circuit/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Livingston County, Michigan Circuit Court&lt;/a&gt; with information to find the original record.</text>
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