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Each section is usually divided into subdivisions of varying size, usually with rectangular (square) shapes. The sections can be further subdivided into quarter sections of 160 acres. The quarters can be divided into half-quarters of 80 acres or into quarter-quarter sections of 40 acres.<ref>[http://www.geocommunicator.gov/GeoComm/lsis_home/home/lsis-plss-description.html The Public Land Survey System (PLSS)] in ''Department of the Interior - Bureau of Land Management (BLM)'' at GeoCommunicator.gov (accessed 28 November 2014).</ref> These various subdivisions of the whole section are sometimes called ''aliquots''. | Each section is usually divided into subdivisions of varying size, usually with rectangular (square) shapes. The sections can be further subdivided into quarter sections of 160 acres. The quarters can be divided into half-quarters of 80 acres or into quarter-quarter sections of 40 acres.<ref>[http://www.geocommunicator.gov/GeoComm/lsis_home/home/lsis-plss-description.html The Public Land Survey System (PLSS)] in ''Department of the Interior - Bureau of Land Management (BLM)'' at GeoCommunicator.gov (accessed 28 November 2014).</ref> These various subdivisions of the whole section are sometimes called ''aliquots''. | ||
==== Internet map tool ==== | ==== Internet map tool ==== | ||
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'''Tract book arrangement.''' Tract book volumes are organized by state, in some states by land offices, and then by [[Rectangular surveys#Numbered_Townships_and_Ranges|township number and range number]]. Within each tract book volume, the land entries are in order by their legal land description<ref name="Hone" /><ref>Hawkins, front inside cover, and page 6.</ref> (section, township, and range). Typical tract books list the land entries for anywhere from one to 30 townships; about five townships per tract book seems to be the most common. Within most townships the order is usually by [[Rectangular surveys#Numbered_Sections|section number]]. | '''Tract book arrangement.''' Tract book volumes are organized by state, in some states by land offices, and then by [[Rectangular surveys#Numbered_Townships_and_Ranges|township number and range number]]. Within each tract book volume, the land entries are in order by their legal land description<ref name="Hone" /><ref>Hawkins, front inside cover, and page 6.</ref> (section, township, and range). Typical tract books list the land entries for anywhere from one to 30 townships; about five townships per tract book seems to be the most common. Within most townships the order is usually by [[Rectangular surveys#Numbered_Sections|section number]]. | ||
Each land entry in a tract book was recorded across two pages.<ref>Hawkins, 6.</ref> Each page set covers part or all of one township; tract books rarely have two different townships listed on the same page. The townships usually only change one range number or one township number at a time after several pages within a tract book volume listing several townships. | Each land entry in a tract book was recorded across two pages.<ref>Hawkins, 6.</ref> Each page set covers part or all of one township; tract books rarely have two different townships listed on the same page. The townships usually only change one range number or one township number at a time after several pages within a tract book volume listing several townships. | ||
:*''If you'' '''''know''''' ''the land description'', locate land entry in the appropriate tract book under the appropriate numbered section, township, and range listed on the left side of each page in the volume. | :*''If you'' '''''know''''' ''the land description'', locate land entry in the appropriate tract book under the appropriate numbered section, township, and range listed on the left side of each page in the volume. | ||
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:*write down the '''''exact title, volume number, and page number ''''' (source information) of the tract book volume in which the ancestor's entry was found | :*write down the '''''exact title, volume number, and page number ''''' (source information) of the tract book volume in which the ancestor's entry was found | ||
This information is important to helping the National Archives retrieve the land entry case file for you. | This information is important to helping the National Archives retrieve the land entry case file for you. | ||
==== Related Wiki Articles ==== | |||
*[[Tract books]] history, preparing and how to use them, content, access, and related case files. | |||
*[[United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books (FamilySearch Historical Records)|United States, Bureau of Land Management Tract Books (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] describes the online federal tract book collection for 28 federal land states from 1820-1908. | |||
*[[Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain)]] explains public lands, how individuals claimed some of it, and the paperwork created during the process. | |||
*BLM [[Land Patent Search]] discusses the index to eight million patented (finished) land applications, and military bounty land papers. Each entry in this index includes the land description useful for finding an ancestor in a tract book. | |||
*[[Land entry case files]] describes the 10 million files in the National Archives created to document individual claims to federal land using cash entry, credit entry, homestead, military bounty land, private land claims, mineral or timberland rights. A case file exists for each tract book entry. | |||
*[[United States Land and Property]] page is a general discussion of land record research for genealogists. It serves as a table of contents to related Wiki pages about American land records including tract books, related land entry case files, and the BLM land patent search. | |||
==== Related Websites ==== | |||
*[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records] includes the Land Patent Search, instructions, and search tips. | |||
*[http://www.archives.gov/forms/pdf/natf-84.pdf Form NATF-084] (pdf) used to order land entry case files from the National Archives. | |||
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/land/ Land Records: Introduction and Links to Resources on Land Entry Case Files and Related Records] National Archives explain land record research. | |||
*[http://www.glo.texas.gov/cf/land-grant-search/index.cfm Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search] of over 665,000 land entries in Texas. Also includes grants from Spain, Mexico, and the Republic of Texas. | |||
==== For Further Reading ==== | ==== For Further Reading ==== | ||
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msahs/allabout6.html Range Map Tutorial] in "Attala Historical Society, Kosciusko, Mississippi" at ''RootsWeb'' (Ancestry.com). | *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msahs/allabout6.html Range Map Tutorial] in "Attala Historical Society, Kosciusko, Mississippi" at ''RootsWeb'' (Ancestry.com). | ||
*E. Wade Hone, ''Land and Property Research in the United States'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Ancestry Pub., c1997), chapters 8 and 9. {{WorldCat|483096407|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|766994|item|disp=FHL Book 973 R27h}}. | *E. Wade Hone, ''Land and Property Research in the United States'' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Ancestry Pub., c1997), chapters 8 and 9. {{WorldCat|483096407|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|766994|item|disp=FHL Book 973 R27h}}. | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||