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=== Finding unpatented entry information === | === Finding unpatented entry information === | ||
'''Finding unindexed (unpatented) case files.''' Use tract books if you know (or can guess) the state and county where an ancestor started an unfinished, forfeited, rejected, or cancelled federal land claim. Search page-by-page through each of the tract books for that county looking for the ancestor's name. When you find an ancestor's name, the legal land description and land office listed in the tract book is usually enough to order a copy of the unpatented case file from the National Archives.<ref name="Hone" /> | |||
=== Access === | === Access === | ||