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===== 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 | 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 name="Hone" /> | ||
'''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" /> | ||