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'''Content.''' Tract books show the type of land entry, its legal description (numbered section, township and range), acreage, price, entryman's name, application date, and (if applicable) patenting date and numbers.<ref name="Haw5" /> | '''Content.''' Tract books show the type of land entry, its legal description (numbered section, township and range), acreage, price, entryman's name, application date, and (if applicable) patenting date and numbers.<ref name="Haw5" /> | ||
'''Preparing to use tract books.''' The National Archives in Washington, DC has a '''''map index'''''<ref>Index to Tract Books, RG 49, MLR# UD2321, maps arranged by state. Copies of these maps are avaialable for consultation in room G28 of the National Archives Building, Washington, DC, as cited in Hawkins, page 9.</ref> to each state's tract books which allows researchers to identify the tract book number that covers the area in which they are interested.<ref name="Haw4" /> | '''Preparing to use tract books.''' The National Archives in Washington, DC has a '''''map index'''''<ref>Index to Tract Books, RG 49, MLR# UD2321, maps arranged by state. Copies of these maps are avaialable for consultation in room G28 of the National Archives Building, Washington, DC, as cited in Hawkins, page 9.</ref> to each state's tract books which allows researchers to identify the tract book number that covers the area in which they are interested.<ref name="Haw4" /> See also the FamilySearch Historical Records [[United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books Coverage Table (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Tract Books Coverage Table]]. | ||
In addition, "Appendix A" in ''Land and Property Research in the United States '' lists each present-day federal land state and county together with its farthest north-, east-, south-, and west- township and range for that county, and the meridian(s) that applies.<ref>Hone, ????????</ref> This information can help you narrow down the number of tract books you will need to search. | In addition, "Appendix A" in ''Land and Property Research in the United States '' lists each present-day federal land state and county together with its farthest north-, east-, south-, and west- township and range for that county, and the meridian(s) that applies.<ref>Hone, ????????</ref> This information can help you narrow down the number of tract books you will need to search. | ||