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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 | '''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 6.</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. | ||
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The townships and ranges covered in each of the 2,325 tract books is listed at [[United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books Coverage Table (FamilySearch Historical Records)|United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books Coverage Table (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]. | The townships and ranges covered in each of the 2,325 tract books is listed at [[United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books Coverage Table (FamilySearch Historical Records)|United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books Coverage Table (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]. | ||
Once you are viewing the tract book, locate land entry under the appropriate numbered section, township, and range listed on the left side of each page in the volume. Each land entry was recorded in the tract book across two pages. | Once you are viewing the tract book, locate land entry under the appropriate numbered section, township, and range listed on the left side of each page in the volume. Each land entry was recorded in the tract book across two pages.<ref>Hawkins, 9.</ref> | ||
'''When you find an ancestor's entry.''' Once you find the record of the land entry, be sure to photocopy both tract book pages of information, and the full bibliographic source information about the tract book volume in which it was found. This information will help the National Archives retrieve the land entry case file for you. | '''When you find an ancestor's entry.''' Once you find the record of the land entry, be sure to photocopy both tract book pages of information, and the full bibliographic source information about the tract book volume in which it was found. This information will help the National Archives retrieve the land entry case file for you. | ||