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 Original federal tract books, Internet digital versions, and microfilms exist:
-:*'''''Originals.''''' The National Archives in Washington, DC has the original federal tract books for 16 western states. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern State Office, 7450 Boston Blvd, Springfield, VA 22153 has custody of the tract books for the 12 eastern federal land states (AL, AR, FL, IL, IN, IA, LA, MI, MN, MS, OH, and WI).<ref name="Haw5">Kenneth Hawkins, ''Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office: Record Group 49'', Reference Information Paper, 114 (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 2007), 5. [http://www.archives.gov/publications/ref-info-papers/rip114.pdf Internet version (pdf)] {{WorldCat|146498814|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}  {{FHL|1440124|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J53hrL}}</ref> The tract books for Alaska and Missouri are lost.<ref name="Hone" />
 :*'''''Internet.''''' Digital copies of each federal-land-state's tract books (''except&nbsp;'' '''''Alaska&nbsp;''''' and '''''Missouri''''') are available in FamilySearch Historical Records online at [http://familysearch.org/search/collection/2074276 United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908]
 :*'''''Microfilms''''' of tract books are also on 1,265 films for each federal-land state (''except&nbsp;'' '''''Alaska''''' and '''''Missouri''''') at the National Archives in Washington, and the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
 ::*United States Bureau of Land Management, ''Tract Books'' (Washington, District of Columbia&nbsp;: Records Improvement, Bureau of Land Management, 1957). {{WorldCat|866217989|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}} {{FHL|607931|item|disp=1,265 FHL Films starting with 1445277}}.
-'''Storage of the original tract books.''' The [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives in Washington, DC]] has the original tract books for 16 western states. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern State Office, 7450 Boston Blvd, Springfield, VA 22153 has custody of the tract books for the 12 eastern federal land states (AL, AR, FL, IL, IN, IA, LA, MI, MN, MS, OH, and WI).<ref>Hawkins, 4-5.</ref>
+'''Storage of the originals.''' The [[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives in Washington, DC]] has the original tract books for 16 western states. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Eastern State Office, 7450 Boston Blvd, Springfield, VA 22153 has custody of the tract books for the 12 eastern federal land states (AL, AR, FL, IL, IN, IA, LA, MI, MN, MS, OH, and WI).<ref>Hawkins, 4-5.</ref>  The tract books for Alaska and Missouri are lost.<ref name="Hone" />
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