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'''Seven states index.''' Seven states (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada and Utah) have an entryman name index for pre-1908 case files both patented and unpatented.<ref>Hawkins, 3-4.</ref> This index is available at the National Archives in Washington, DC. | '''Seven states index.''' Seven states (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada and Utah) have an entryman name index for pre-1908 case files both patented and unpatented.<ref>Hawkins, 3-4.</ref> This index is available at the National Archives in Washington, DC. | ||
'''Online index.''' An important computerized index of <u>patented</u> land entries 1820-1908 for all [http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_Land_and_Property#United_States federal land states] (''except '' '''''Montana''''', '''''Nebraska''''', and '''''Oklahoma''''') is available on the Internet at the [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/ BLM Land Patent Search] site.<ref name="Haw5">Hawkins, 5.</ref> | '''Online index.''' An important computerized index of <u>patented</u> land entries 1820-1908 for all [http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_Land_and_Property#United_States federal land states] (''except '' '''''Montana''''', '''''Nebraska''''', and '''''Oklahoma''''') is available on the Internet at the [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/ BLM Land Patent Search] site.<ref name="Haw5">Hawkins, 5.</ref> | ||
===== Obtaining patented case files ===== | ===== Obtaining patented case files ===== | ||
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===== Obtaining incomplete case files ===== | ===== Obtaining incomplete case files ===== | ||
Only about 40 percent of entrymen completed the filing process and received their patent from 1820 to 1908. Case files prior to 1820, and unfinished or cancelled case files that did not receive a patent may have as much genealogical information as those with patents which are indexed. Tract books may help find the unindexed case file information needed to retrieve records of the 60 percent of entrymen who never completed the process, or who filed before 1820. | Only about 40 percent of entrymen completed the filing process and received their patent from 1820 to 1908. Case files prior to 1820, and unfinished or cancelled case files that did not receive a patent may have as much genealogical information as those with patents which are indexed. Tract books may help find the unindexed case file information needed to retrieve records of the 60 percent of entrymen who never completed the process, or who filed before 1820. | ||
===== Tract books ===== | ===== Tract books ===== | ||
Tract books serve as a comprehensive reference to the millions of land entry case files held at the National Archives in Washington, DC. However, they are arranged according to the '''''land description ''''' rather than the name of the claimant. They include '''all''' applicants for federal land, including those whose claim was forfeited (never completed), rejected or cancelled.<ref>E. Wade Hone, ''Land and Property Research in the United States'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Ancestry Pub., c1997), 113. {{WorldCat|483096407|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}} | Tract books serve as a comprehensive reference to the millions of land entry case files held at the National Archives in Washington, DC. However, they are arranged according to the '''''land description ''''' rather than the name of the claimant. They include '''all''' applicants for federal land, including those whose claim was forfeited (never completed), rejected or cancelled.<ref>E. Wade Hone, ''Land and Property Research in the United States'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Ancestry Pub., c1997), 113. {{WorldCat|483096407|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}} {{FHL|766994|item|disp=FHL Book 973 R27h}}.</ref> | ||
'''Finding incomplete entry information.''' To obtain case file information on unfinished (unpatented) entries in most federal land states, researchers must use tract books.<ref name="Haw5" /> | '''Finding incomplete entry information.''' To obtain case file information on unfinished (unpatented) entries in most federal land states, researchers must use tract books.<ref name="Haw5" /> | ||