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===== Obtaining unindexed case files ===== | ===== Obtaining unindexed case files ===== | ||
An unfinished, rejected, or otherwise cancelled claim will nevertheless have a land entry case file. These files, especially when contested, can provide more detailed genealogical information than cases which were readily accepted. Unfinished, rejected, or cancelled files are indexed for ''only a few states'', but they can be found by researching '''tract books''' for the area where your ancestor started the claim. Tract books can also be used to find cases prior to 1820. | An unfinished, rejected, or otherwise cancelled claim will nevertheless have a land entry case file. These files, especially when contested, can provide more detailed genealogical information than cases which were readily accepted. Unfinished, rejected, or cancelled files are indexed for ''only a few states'', but they can be found by researching '''tract books''' for the area where your ancestor started the claim. Tract books can also be used to find cases prior to 1820.<ref name="Hone">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> | ||
===== Tract books ===== | ===== Tract books ===== | ||