Background
Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt was born on May 26, 1945 in Vandalia, Illinois, United States. Son of Harry Earl and Olive Elsie (Blankenship) Bockstruck.
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p>After the Revolutionary War, nine state governments awarded land bounties to their Revolutionary War veterans (or their survivors) in return for their military or other service. The nine states that awarded bounty lands in their western reserves or on their western borders (directly affecting the future states of Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Ohio, and Tennessee) are Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia. Unlike the federal bounty land records, however, these state records are not centralized; instead, they are found in the various states in the form of manuscript records and printed books and are all but inaccessible to the researcher. The nine state governments created a patchwork of records, and it was therefore no easy task to create this master index. Typically, however, each entry in this index contains the name of the claimant, who is usually the veteran, the state of service, the rank held, the date of the record, and the acreage. Altogether about 35,000 names appear in the index, including duplicates. While the arrangement of matter is strictly alphabetical, there is also a separate index to heirs, representatives, and other assignees mentioned in the records.
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Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt was born on May 26, 1945 in Vandalia, Illinois, United States. Son of Harry Earl and Olive Elsie (Blankenship) Bockstruck.
AB cum laude, Greenville College, Illinois, 1967. Master of Arts, Southern Illinois University, 1969. Master of Science, University Illinois, 1973.
Student, Samford University, 1973.
Teaching assistant Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1967—1969. Teacher Mombasa (Kenya) Baptist High School, 1969—1971. Teaching assistant University Illinois, Urbana, 1972—1973.
Library Dallas Public Library., 1973—2009. Instructor Institute Genealogy and History Research, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, since 1973. Instructor School Continuing Education, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1974-1991.
Instructor Genealogical Institute of Mid-American, University Illinois, Springfield, 1994-2005. Columnist Dallas Morning News, 1991-2008, Eastman Online Genealogy Newsletter, since 2008.
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Member American Library Association (life), Sons of the American Revolution (library general 1981-1983), SCW (deputy governor general 2000), Society of the Cincinnati, Jamestowne Society, Order of Americas of Armorial Ancestry (genealogist general 1993-1999), Order of Founders and Patriots of America (genealogist general 1986-2000), Dallas Genealogical Society (director since 1979).