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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> | 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 | '''When you find an ancestor's entry.''' Once you find the record of the land entry, be sure to | ||
:*'''''photocopy <u>both</u> tract book pages ''''' of the entry | |||
:*write down the '''''exact title, volume number, and page number ''''' (source inforamation) of the tract book volume in which the ancestor's entry was found | |||
This information will help the National Archives retrieve the land entry case file for you. | |||
==== For Further Reading ==== | ==== For Further Reading ==== | ||